Method and system for administering remote area monitoring system
First Claim
1. A system for passively and unobtrusively detecting movement of people or objects through a passageway where detection of people or objects moving in a disallowed direction through the passageway is critical and a rapid response to a detected movement necessary comprising:
- a stereoscopic sensor sensing the person or object as it moves through the passageway in any direction and generating successive frames of imagery of the object;
a processor processing the frames of imagery to distinguish the person or object from other people and objects simultaneously moving through the passageway regardless of the direction of movement of the people and objects;
an alarm indicator responsive to an input from the processor if the processor determines a person or object is moving through the passageway in the disallowed direction to promulgate an alarm whereby any people or objects moving in the disallowed direction are passively and unobtrusively detected and their movement reported; and
at least one workstation, said workstation including at least one display configured to display a user graphical interface and one or more of said frames of imagery generated by said stereoscopic sensor.
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Abstract
A remote area monitoring system is configured to detect movement in a disallowed direction through a space. The system monitors two volumetric spaces that are established by the system, both of which spaces are defined with respect to depth, width and height. In one embodiment, the system includes one or more stereoscopic sensors for capturing image information of the space, a processor processing the image information to detect movement of humans or objects in a disallowed direction through the space, and an alarm indicator. The system may also include workstation configured to display and store the image information. The workstation may have multiple levels of access, such as basic user, supervisor and technician level access. The workstation may display a log of alarm or related events and permit selection of events and viewing of image information associated with the events.
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1. A system for passively and unobtrusively detecting movement of people or objects through a passageway where detection of people or objects moving in a disallowed direction through the passageway is critical and a rapid response to a detected movement necessary comprising:
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a stereoscopic sensor sensing the person or object as it moves through the passageway in any direction and generating successive frames of imagery of the object; a processor processing the frames of imagery to distinguish the person or object from other people and objects simultaneously moving through the passageway regardless of the direction of movement of the people and objects; an alarm indicator responsive to an input from the processor if the processor determines a person or object is moving through the passageway in the disallowed direction to promulgate an alarm whereby any people or objects moving in the disallowed direction are passively and unobtrusively detected and their movement reported; and at least one workstation, said workstation including at least one display configured to display a user graphical interface and one or more of said frames of imagery generated by said stereoscopic sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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