Method for Incorporating Facial Recognition Technology in a Multimedia Surveillance System
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Abstract
Embodiments provide a surveillance system having at least one camera adapted to produce an IP signal, the at least one camera having an image collection device configured for collecting image data, the at least one camera having at least one facial processor configured to execute with digital format image data at least one facial recognition algorithm, execution of the at least one facial recognition algorithm with the digital format image data detecting faces when present in the digital format image data, execution of the at least one
facial recognition algorithm providing for each detected face at least one set of unique facial image data.
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34 Claims
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1-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. A surveillance system having at least one camera adapted to produce an IP signal, the IP signal being transmitted over an IP network, the system comprising:
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the at least one camera having an image collection device configured to collect image data; the at least one camera having at least one facial processor configured to receive digital image data, the digital image data corresponding to collected image data, the at least one facial processor being configured to execute with digital image data at least one facial recognition algorithm, execution of the at least one facial recognition algorithm with digital image data providing for detected facial image data at least one set of unique facial image data, each set of unique facial image data corresponding to a respective detected facial image present in the digital image data; the at least one camera being configured to provide to the IP network at least both of the following; digital image data; and at least one of the following; correlation indicia relating to whether at least one set of unique facial image data is correlated with at least one compared facial signature record, and each set of unique facial image data for communication over the IP network to at least one facial signature processor remote from the at least one camera, the at least one facial signature processor being configured to provide correlation indicia relating to whether at least one set of unique facial image data is correlated with at least one compared facial signature record. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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