Apparatus And Methods For The Semi-Automatic Tracking And Examining Of An Object Or An Event In A Monitored Site
First Claim
1. A method for the investigation of an at least one object shown on an at least one first displayed video clip captured by an at least one first image capturing device in a monitored site, the method comprising the steps of:
- selecting the at least one object shown on the at least one first video clip, said at least one object having a creation time or a disappearance time; and
displaying an at least one second video clip starting at a predetermined time associated with the creation time of the at least one object within the first video clip or the disappearance time of the at least one object from the first video clip.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for the investigation of an object or an event in a video clip, by playing video clips of the object or objects associated with the events. The video frames comprised within the video clips comprise information regarding the creation time and coordinates of the objects appearing in multiple frames, thus enabling an operator to immediately play video clips tracking the object starting at the object'"'"'s creation time within the field of view, until its disappearance from the field of view. By defining neighboring regions, and keeping the creation time of each object within each video stream, an object is tracked between different fields of view.
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35 Claims
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1. A method for the investigation of an at least one object shown on an at least one first displayed video clip captured by an at least one first image capturing device in a monitored site, the method comprising the steps of:
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selecting the at least one object shown on the at least one first video clip, said at least one object having a creation time or a disappearance time; and displaying an at least one second video clip starting at a predetermined time associated with the creation time of the at least one object within the first video clip or the disappearance time of the at least one object from the first video clip. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for tracking an at least one object shown on an at least one first video clip showing a first field of view, said clip captured by an at least one first image capturing device in a monitored site, the method comprising the steps of:
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displaying the at least one first video clip, in forward or backward direction, and at a predetermined speed; identifying an at least one first region within the first field of view; selecting an at least one second region, said at least one second region neighboring the at least one first region; and displaying an at least one second video clip showing the second region, thereby tracking the at least one object, said clip is displayed in forward or backward direction, and at a predetermined speed. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. An apparatus for the investigation of an at least one object appearing on an at least one displayed video clip captured by an at least one image capturing device in a monitored site, the apparatus comprising:
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an object creation time and coordinates storage component for incorporating information about the at least one object within multiple frames of the at least one video clip; an investigation options component for presenting an operator with relevant options during the investigation; and an investigation display component for displaying the at least one video clip.
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35. A computer readable storage medium containing a set of instructions for a general purpose computer, the set of instructions comprising:
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an object creation time and coordinates storage component for incorporating information about the at least one object within multiple frames of the at least one video clip; an investigation options component for presenting an operator with relevant options during the investigation; and an investigation display component for displaying the at least one video clip.
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