DISTRIBUTED VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A video surveillance system comprising:
- at least one video camera arranged to capture video data, the video camera including a storage device handler configured to record the captured video data directly on a storage device; and
an indexer arranged to query the storage device for new or modified video surveillance information and arranged to index the video surveillance information stored in the storage device.
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Abstract
A video surveillance system and related architecture are provided. According to the architecture, a central server is not required, since server functionality is distributed in the system elements. A video camera arranged to capture video data includes a storage device handler configured to record the captured video data directly on a storage device. An indexer is arranged to query the storage devices in the system for new or modified video surveillance information and arranged to index the video surveillance information stored in the storage devices. Each element in the system, whether a camera, encoder, etc., can be viewed as a video surveillance host having at least one surveillance module. The hosts together form virtual network that can easily and unobtrusively be incorporated into an existing network infrastructure. This distributed approach eliminates the single point of failure.
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1. A video surveillance system comprising:
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at least one video camera arranged to capture video data, the video camera including a storage device handler configured to record the captured video data directly on a storage device; and an indexer arranged to query the storage device for new or modified video surveillance information and arranged to index the video surveillance information stored in the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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