Object tracking and alerts
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1. A system for generating alerts based on events in an environment, the system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras for producing video signals representing at least a portion of a environment;
a video-processing module for analyzing the video signals to identify objects within the environment;
a data-input module for receiving non-video data from at least one sensor-based monitoring system, the data representing one or more events relating to at least one of the identified objects; and
an alert module for generating alerts based on at least one of the events.
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Abstract
An integrated surveillance system combining video surveillance and data from other sensor-based security networks is used to identify activities that may require attention.
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63 Claims
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1. A system for generating alerts based on events in an environment, the system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras for producing video signals representing at least a portion of a environment;
a video-processing module for analyzing the video signals to identify objects within the environment;
a data-input module for receiving non-video data from at least one sensor-based monitoring system, the data representing one or more events relating to at least one of the identified objects; and
an alert module for generating alerts based on at least one of the events. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of monitoring activity within an environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of image signals representing at least a portion of the environment;
identifying an object within the image signals;
receiving non-video data representing an event occurring in the environment; and
generating an alert based on the identified object and the event. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A surveillance system comprising:
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a video surveillance subsystem comprising plurality of cameras each having a field of view, each field of view comprising a plurality of camera sub-regions;
a radio-frequency identification subsystem comprising a plurality of stations capable of detecting radio-frequency identification tags within an operational radius; and
an association module in communication with the video surveillance subsystem and the radio-frequency identification subsystem for associating one or more of the camera sub-regions with one or more of the operational radii of the radio-frequency stations. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method of monitoring activity within an environment, the method comprising:
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receiving a plurality of image signals generated by a plurality of cameras each having a field of view comprising a plurality of sub-regions;
receiving data generated by a plurality of radio-frequency stations, the data being based on interaction with a plurality of radio-frequency tags associated with objects within the environment;
associating one or more of the camera sub-regions with one or more of operational radii of the stations; and
tracking, independent of calibration, a plurality of objects within the environment as the objects move between fields of view of the cameras and the operational radii of the stations. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. An article of manufacture having computer-readable program portions embodied thereon for monitoring activity within an environment, the article comprising computer-readable instructions for:
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receiving a plurality of image signals representing at least a portion of the environment;
identifying an object within the image signals;
receiving non-video data representing an event occurring in the environment; and
generating an alert based on the identified object and the event.
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