METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SURVEILLANCE USING AN IMAGE SERVER
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus for an image server surveillance system provide for as control and coordination of cameras that may be widely deployed, analyzing data from multiple cameras, making data available in such a way that it can be efficiently transmitted over a network and can be easily displayed to potentially a large number of users, and displaying and controlling image data by existing client software.
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40 Claims
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1-20. -20. (canceled)
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21. A method of viewing image data from one or more cameras comprising:
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capturing image data at a plurality of cameras, said plurality of cameras each associated with at least one digital information processing device able to store digital data representing images;
generating, from said image data, digital image data sets representing visually perceptible images comprising data that can be transmitted over a digital communications channel;
transmitting said digital image data sets over a first communication network connection to an image server;
said image server not local to at least one of said cameras;
said image server not local to one or more client viewing locations;
storing said sequence at said image server;
from said image server, in response to a request from a plurality of remote clients, transmitting said image sequence data over a second network connection to one or more clients for viewing, such that said clients do not directly connect over said first network connection to said plurality of cameras; and
wherein said image server allows a plurality of users to view said image data sets. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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26-27. -27. (canceled)
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32. A system comprising:
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a plurality of frame grabbers, wherein at least some of the frame grabbers are operable to capture images and determine a differential image score based on at least some of the images;
a plurality of frame coordinators, wherein each frame coordinator is in communication with at least some of the plurality of frame grabbers, wherein each frame coordinator is able to detect incidents based on the differential image score, and wherein each frame coordinator is remote of the frame grabbers;
a server in communication with at least some of the frame coordinators, wherein the server is able to receive data sets representative of images from at least some of the plurality of frame grabbers, and wherein the server is able communicate at least some of these data sets to at least one display in response to a detected incident for reproduction of images at the display based on detected incident. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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