Motion targeting system and method
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- at least one video camera; and
at least one motion detector comprising a lens having a field of view fixedly directed to an area of interest, and an imager for receiving an image through said lens and converting said image to video data, said motion detector being configured to monitor said video data for movement of an object in said field of view without application of at least one visual perception algorithm to said video data, and to provide a detector output in response to said movement of said object, said detector output being configured to cause adjustment of at least one operating characteristic of said video camera to target said camera on said object.
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Abstract
A system and method for monitoring moving objects in a video system. The system includes at least one video camera; and at least one motion detector. The motion detector may include a lens having a field of view fixedly directed to an area of interest, and an imager for receiving an image through the lens and converting the image to video data. The motion detector may be configured to monitor the video data for movement of an object in the field of view and provide a detector output in response to the movement of the object. The detector output may be configured to cause adjustment of at least one operating characteristic of the video camera to target the camera on the object. A motion detector and methods of monitoring a multiplicity of moving objects are also provided.
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55 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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at least one video camera; and
at least one motion detector comprising a lens having a field of view fixedly directed to an area of interest, and an imager for receiving an image through said lens and converting said image to video data, said motion detector being configured to monitor said video data for movement of an object in said field of view without application of at least one visual perception algorithm to said video data, and to provide a detector output in response to said movement of said object, said detector output being configured to cause adjustment of at least one operating characteristic of said video camera to target said camera on said object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
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at least one video camera;
at least one motion detector comprising a wide-angle lens having a field of view fixedly directed to an area of interest, and an imager for receiving an image through said lens and converting said image to video data;
said motion detector being configured to monitor said video data for movement of an object in said field of view without application of at least one visual perception algorithm to said video data, and to provide a detector output in response to said movement of said object, said detector output being configured to cause adjustment of pan, tilt and zoom characteristics of said video camera to target said camera on said object; and
at least one recording device, said recording device including a recording media, said detector being configured to provide a record command configured to cause said recording device to record at least a portion of a video output of said camera on said recording media while said camera is targeted on said object. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A motion detector comprising:
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a lens, and an imager for receiving an image through said lens and converting said image to video data, said motion detector being configured to monitor said video data for movement of an object in a field of view of said lens without application of at least one visual perception algorithm to said video data, and to provide a detector output in response to said movement of said object, said detector output being configured to cause adjustment of at least one operating characteristic of a video camera to target said camera on said object. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method of monitoring a moving object in a video system, said method comprising:
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providing at least one motion detector, said motion detector comprising a lens having a field of view fixedly directed to an area of interest, and an imager for receiving an image through said lens and converting said image to video data;
operating said motion detector to continually monitor said video data to detect movement of said moving object without application of at least one visual perception algorithm to said video data; and
providing an output from said motion detector in response to said movement to cause adjustment of at least one operating characteristic of a video camera to target said camera on said moving object. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51)
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52. A method of monitoring multiple moving objects in a video system, said method comprising:
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providing at least one motion detector, said motion detector comprising a lens having a field of view fixedly directed to an area of interest, and an imager for receiving an image through said lens and converting said image to video data;
operating said motion detector to continually monitor said video data to detect movement of said moving objects without application of at least one visual perception algorithm to said video data;
providing a plurality of outputs from said motion detector, each of said outputs being in response to movement of an associated one of said moving objects and being configured to cause adjustment of at least one operating characteristic of at least one associated video camera to target said at least one associated video camera on said associated one of said moving objects. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 55)
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