SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM WITH TARGET BASED SCROLLING AND RELATED METHODS

• US 20110085039A1
• Filed: 10/14/2009
• Published: 04/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harris Corporation (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Harris Corporation (L3Harris Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Dunkel, Christopher T., Bakir, Tariq, Peterson, Aric, McDonald, Robert, Bonestroo, Kari J.
• Granted Patent: US 8,659,662 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/155
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A surveillance video system may include a first device configured to process successive surveillance image files of a common area into an image transport stream for a selectable region of interest within the common area. The surveillance video system also may include a second device remote from the first device and in communication with the first device. The second device may include a display and a processor cooperating therewith. The processor may be configured to scroll the selectable region of interest to maintain a selected moving target visible on the display.

Claims

1. A surveillance video system comprising:

a first device configured to process a plurality of successive surveillance image files of a common area into an image transport stream for a selectable region of interest within the common area; and

a second device remote from said first device and in communication therewith, said second device comprising a display and a processor cooperating therewith;

said processor configured to scroll the selectable region of interest to maintain a selected moving target visible on said display.

2. The surveillance video system according to claim 1 wherein said first device processes the plurality of successive surveillance image files by transcoding so that the image transport stream comprises a video image transport stream.

3. The surveillance video system according to claim 1 wherein said processor is configured to generate a predicted path of movement for the selected moving target.

4. The surveillance video system according to claim 3 wherein said processor is configured to generate the predicted path of movement based upon at least one of a velocity and an acceleration of the selected moving target.

5. The surveillance video system according to claim 1 wherein said processor is configured to scroll the selectable region of interest to maintain the selected moving target at a selected position on said display.

6. The surveillance video system according to claim 4 wherein the selected position is a center of said display.

7. The surveillance video system according to claim 1 wherein said first device is configured to permit selection of the selected moving target.

8. The surveillance video system according to claim 1 wherein said processor is configured to permit selection of the selected moving target.

9. The surveillance video system according to claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of successive surveillance image files comprises a Wide Area Persistent Surveillance (WAPS) image.

10. The surveillance video system according to claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of successive surveillance image files comprises a Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) 2000 image.

11. The surveillance video system according to claim 2 wherein the video transport stream comprises a Moving Picture Experts Group 2 (MPEG2) transport stream.

12. A surveillance video device for communicating with a server being remote therefrom and being configured to transcode a plurality of successive surveillance image files of a common area into a video transport stream for a selectable region of interest within the common area, the surveillance video device comprising:

a display;

an input device to permit selection of a moving target; and

a processor cooperating with said display and said input device and being configured to scroll the selectable region of interest to maintain the selected moving target visible on said display.

13. The surveillance video device according to claim 12 wherein said processor is configured to generate a predicted path of movement for the selected moving target.

14. The surveillance video device according to claim 12 wherein said processor is configured to scroll the selectable region of interest to maintain the selected moving target at a selected position on said display.

15. The surveillance video device according to claim 12 wherein each of the plurality of successive surveillance image files comprises a Wide Area Persistent Surveillance (WAPS) image;

and wherein the video transport stream comprises a Moving Picture Experts Group 2 (MPEG2) transport stream.

16. A video device for communicating with a server being remote therefrom and being configured to transcode a plurality of successive image files of a common area into a video transport stream for a selectable region of interest within the common area, the video device comprising:

a display;

an input device to permit selection of a moving target; and

a processor cooperating with said display and said input device and being configured to scroll the selectable region of interest to maintain the selected moving target visible on said display.

17. The video device according to claim 16 wherein said processor is configured to generate a predicted path of movement for the selected moving target.

18. The video device according to claim 16 wherein said processor is configured to scroll the selectable region of interest to maintain the selected moving target at a selected position on said display.

19. A method of operating a surveillance video system comprising a first device and a second device being remote therefrom and communicating therewith, the second device comprising a display and a processor cooperating therewith, the method comprising:

using the first device to process a plurality of successive surveillance image files of a common area into an image transport stream for a selectable region of interest within the common area; and

using the second device to scroll the selectable region of interest to maintain a selected moving target visible on the display.

20. The method according to claim 19 further comprising using the first device to process the plurality of successive surveillance image files by transcoding so that the image transport stream comprises a video image transport stream.

21. The method according to claim 19 further comprising generating a predicted path of movement for the selected moving target.

22. The method according to claim 19 wherein using the second device to scroll comprises maintaining the selected moving target at a selected position on said display.

23. The method according to claim 19 further comprising using the second device to generate the selected moving target.

24. The method according to claim 20 wherein each of the plurality of successive surveillance image files comprises a Wide Area Persistent Surveillance (WAPS) image;

and wherein the video transport stream comprises a Moving Picture Experts Group 2 (MPEG2) transport stream.