MANAGING MEMORY IN A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A surveillance system with dynamic memory management, comprising:
- a video camera for recording a video clip;
a logic unit for assigning a priority to the video clip based on a plurality of adjustable surveillance parameters and for storing the video clip based on said priority.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to manage memory in a surveillance system are disclosed. The present invention discloses a rule-based storage clearance system or storage archive. A storage server has a user interface, a logic unit, and a storage device. A plurality of video footage files is continuously being streamed to the storage server and recorded on the storage device. The objective is to help erase or archive stored video footage based on static and dynamic surveillance parameters or rules. The rules can be applied either stream-wise or time-wise. The rule checks for clearing or archiving the storage by tallying various parameters such as: events associated with each stream, user bookmarks, the priority of individual streams, and the age of each stream, etc.
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1. A surveillance system with dynamic memory management, comprising:
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a video camera for recording a video clip; a logic unit for assigning a priority to the video clip based on a plurality of adjustable surveillance parameters and for storing the video clip based on said priority. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for managing memory in a surveillance system, the method comprising:
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assigning a priority to a video clip recorded by a video camera, the priority being based on a plurality of adjustable parameters; and storing the video clip based on the priority of the video clip. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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