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METHOD AND USER INTERFACE FOR FORENSIC VIDEO SEARCH

  • US 20130091432A1
  • Filed: 10/08/2012
  • Published: 04/11/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A forensic video search User Interface (UI) for a facility having video camera surveillance, the method comprising:

  • generating a display partitioned into “

    where”

    , “

    when”

    , “

    who” and



    what”

    panels;

    in the “

    when”

    panel, selecting a calendar date, bringing into view a timeline;

    in the “

    where”

    panel, if the facility has more than one floor, selecting a floor of the facility, bringing into view a floor plan of the selected facility floor wherein the facility floor plan includes one or more camera icons showing a Field Of View (FOV) representing actual video camera surveillance locations on the selected facility floor;

    based on the selected date, timeline and facility floor, generating a time-based query to discover events and objects involving human and non-human objects that occurred comprising;

    populating the “

    what”

    panel with textual descriptions of events that occurred wherein an event includes one or more objects, location, time of occurrence and type of event;

    populating the “

    who”

    panel with one or more object thumbnails wherein an object thumbnail represents a previously recorded video segment of an object associated with an event displayed in the “

    what”

    panel; and

    populating the “

    where”

    panel with a marker in one or more camera icon'"'"'s FOV wherein a camera icon FOV marker represents an object thumbnail in the “

    who”

    panel.

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