Method and apparatus for real-time distributed video analysis
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1. A system for analyzing a target scene, comprising:
- a plurality of visual sensing nodes each comprising at least one visual sensing unit for capturing visual data relating to the target scene and an associated processor for intra-frame processing and inter-frame processing of the captured data to form at least one message; and
a peer-to-peer network communicatively connecting at least two of said visual sensing nodes to enable the at least one message from each node to be compared with each other to form an overall processing result.
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Abstract
The present invention describes a method and system for the real-time processing of video from multiple cameras using distributed computers using a peer-to-peer network, thus eliminating the need to send all video data to a centralized server for processing. The method and system use a distributed control algorithm to assign video processing tasks to a plurality of processors in the system. The present invention also describes automated techniques to calibrate the required parameters of the cameras in both time and space.
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1. A system for analyzing a target scene, comprising:
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a plurality of visual sensing nodes each comprising at least one visual sensing unit for capturing visual data relating to the target scene and an associated processor for intra-frame processing and inter-frame processing of the captured data to form at least one message; and
a peer-to-peer network communicatively connecting at least two of said visual sensing nodes to enable the at least one message from each node to be compared with each other to form an overall processing result. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for analyzing a target scene, comprising
capturing visual data via a plurality of visual sensing nodes; -
performing at least one intra-frame processing operation and at least one inter-frame processing operation on the visual data to form at least one message;
distributing, via a peer-to-peer network, the at least one message among the plurality of visual sensing nodes to be compared with each other to form an overall processing result. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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