ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE, INTELLIGENT SURVEILLANCE DEVICE
First Claim
1. An environmentally aware surveillance device, comprising;
- An environmentally aware surveillance device, comprising;
a surveillance sensor for detecting objects within an area under surveillance;
environmental awareness means operative to determine the position and orientation of the surveillance sensor relative to a real world spatial coordinate system, for associating a position of an object detected by the surveillance sensor with respect to the real world spatial coordinate system, and for generating an event information output corresponding to the detected object and associated position; and
an output port for providing said event information output to an external utilization system.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and systems for the remote monitoring and sensing of a remote deployable, stand-alone, environmentally aware surveillance sensor device or unit that is capable of self-determining its location and orientation relative to a real world, 3D environment, detect conditions or events within the sensor'"'"'s range of detection within that environment, and provide event information indicative of detected conditions or events including their location relative to the 3D real world environment as well as the raw sensor data feed to an external utilization system such as a security monitoring system. The exemplary sensor unit obtains position information from a position information source, orientation information from an orientation information source and time information, thereafter the unit processes the sensor feed to detect objects and types of objects, and provides event information or information output to an external utilization system such as a security monitoring system.
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72 Claims
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1. An environmentally aware surveillance device, comprising;
- An environmentally aware surveillance device, comprising;
a surveillance sensor for detecting objects within an area under surveillance;
environmental awareness means operative to determine the position and orientation of the surveillance sensor relative to a real world spatial coordinate system, for associating a position of an object detected by the surveillance sensor with respect to the real world spatial coordinate system, and for generating an event information output corresponding to the detected object and associated position; and
an output port for providing said event information output to an external utilization system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- An environmentally aware surveillance device, comprising;
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16. A self-contained stand alone environmentally aware surveillance device operative to provide event information as an output, comprising:
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a surveillance sensor for provided surveillance signals detected in an area under surveillance;
a time circuit for determining the time of surveillance signals provided by the surveillance sensor;
a position information source for self-detecting the physical location of the surveillance device in a geographic coordinate system;
a sensor orientation information source operative for detecting the relative position of the surveillance sensor with respect to the geographic coordinate system;
a processor responsive to signals from the surveillance sensor, the clock receiver, the position sensor, and the sensor orientation unit for processing such signals and generating event information corresponding to a detected event detected by the sensor, said event information comprising attributes of objects identified by said surveillance signals, time information, and position and orientation information with respect to a detected event in the area under surveillance; and
an output port for providing said event information for external utilization. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An environmentally aware video camera, comprising;
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a video camera for monitoring an area under surveillance and for providing video output signals;
environmental awareness means operative to self determine the position, orientation, and time of the video camera relative to a real world spatial and temporal coordinate system, and for generating event information corresponding to the position and time of the AUS by the video camera; and
an output port for providing said event information and said video signals to an external utilization system. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A method for determining the characteristics of an object detected by a surveillance sensor in an area under surveillance, comprising the steps of:
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self determining the position, orientation, and time index of signals provided by the surveillance sensor, based on position, orientation, and time inputs or signals, relative to a predetermined real world spatial and temporal coordinate system;
detecting an object within the AUS by the surveillance sensor; and
providing event information to an external utilization system, the event information comprising signals from the surveillance sensor, information corresponding to attributes of the detected object, and position information associated with the detected object relative to the predetermined real world spatial and temporal coordinate system. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An environmentally aware sensor for a surveillance system, comprising:
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a video sensor for providing video signals detected in the field-of-view of an area under surveillance;
a global positioning system receiver for obtaining position information from global positioning satellites relative to a geographic coordinate system;
an inertial measurement unit for detecting the relative orientation of the video sensor;
a camera lens on the video sensor having predetermined optical characteristics;
a clock receiver for providing time signals;
a computer processor responsive to signals from the video sensor, position signals from the global positioning system receiver, position signals from the inertial measurement unit, time signals from the clock receiver, and predetermined other characteristics of the sensor, for executing predetermined program modules;
a memory for storing predetermined program modules for execution on the processor utilizing said video sensor signals, said global positioning system position signals, said inertial measurement unit position signals, and said time signals;
said processor is operative to compute stored program modules for detecting motion within the field-of-view of the video sensor, detecting an object based on the video signals, tracking the motion of a detected object, classifying the object according to a predetermined classification scheme, and for providing event record data comprising object identification data, object tracking data, object position information, time information, and video signals associated with a detected objected; and
a data communications network interface for providing said event record data to an external utilization system. - View Dependent Claims (55)
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56. An environmentally aware sensor system for surveillance, comprising:
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a video sensor for providing video signals corresponding a field-of-view of an area under surveillance;
a computer processor;
a position information input for receiving position signals indicative of the location of the system with respect to a real world coordinate system;
an orientation information input for receiving orientation signals indicative of the orientation of the video sensor relative to the real world coordinate system;
program modules operative to execute on said computer processor including;
a video processing module for detecting motion of a region within the field-of-view of the sensor;
a tracking module for determining a path of motion of said region within the field-of-view of the sensor;
a behavioral awareness module for identifying predetermined behaviors of said region within the field-of-view of the sensor;
an environmental awareness module responsive to predetermined information relating to characteristics of the video sensor, said position signals, and said orientation signals, and outputs from said video processing module, said tracking module, and said behavioral awareness module, for computing geometric equations and mapping algorithms, and for providing video frame output and event record output indicative of predetermined detected conditions to an external utilization system. - View Dependent Claims (57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64)
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65. A method for providing object information from a sensor in a security monitoring environment for utilization by a security monitoring system, comprising these steps of:
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placing an environmentally aware sensor in an area under surveillance, the sensor having a range of detection and predetermined sensor characteristics, and inputs for receipt of position information from a position information source and orientation information from an orientation information source;
at the environmentally aware sensor, self determining the location of the sensor relative to a three-dimensional real world coordinate system based on the position information and the orientation information;
determining the three-dimensional coordinates of points within the area within the range of detection of the EA sensor based on the predetermined sensor characteristics and the determined location of the sensor;
detecting an object within the range of detection of the environmentally aware sensor;
determining the three-dimensional location of the detected object within the range of detection of the environmentally aware sensor; and
providing the location of the detected object, identifying information relating to the detected object, and a data feed from the environmentally aware sensor to the external security monitoring system. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72)
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