Video surveillance using stationary-dynamic camera assemblies for wide-area video surveillance and allow for selective focus-of-attention
First Claim
1. A video surveillance system comprising:
- at least two video cameras performing a surveillance by using a cooperative and hierarchical control process.
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Abstract
A video surveillance system includes multiple video cameras. The surveillance system is configured with an arrangement to separate the surveillance functions and assign different surveillance functions to different cameras. A master camera is assigned the surveillance of large area surveillance and tracking of object movement while one or more slave cameras are provided to dynamically rotate and adjust focus to obtain clear image of the moving objects as detected by the master camera. Algorithms to adjust the focus-of-attention are disclosed to effectively carry out the tasks by a slave camera under the command of a master camera to obtain images of a moving object with clear feature detections.
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34 Claims
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1. A video surveillance system comprising:
at least two video cameras performing a surveillance by using a cooperative and hierarchical control process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A video surveillance system comprising:
a controller controlling a camera for performing a stationary global large-filed-of-view surveillance and a dynamic selective-focus-of-attention surveillance by implementing a cooperative and hierarchical control process. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A video surveillance system for a large area comprising several compartmentalized zones comprising:
a stationary video camera for monitoring said large area and at least two dynamic video cameras for monitoring said several compartmentalized zones wherein said global video camera and said dynamic video cameras are operated according to a cooperative and hierarchical control process. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A video surveillance camera comprising:
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a global large-filed-of-view surveillance lens and a dynamic selective-focus-of-attention surveillance lens; and
an embedded controller for controlling said video surveillance camera to implement a cooperative and hierarchical control process for operating with said global large-filed-of-view surveillance lens and said dynamic selective-focus-of-attention surveillance lens. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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