Monitoring an environment
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1. A method of monitoring an environment, comprising the steps of capturing image data depicting said environment;
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wherein upon identifying an object, the movement of said object is tracked; and
graphical output data is generated providing a representation of said tracked movement superimposed in alignment upon a representation of said environment;
whereinsaid representation of the environment is said captured image data with portions of said image data visible and other portions masked and varying portions of the visible image data are masked according to the level of access granted to the user.
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Abstract
An environment is monitored by capturing image data depicting the environment and analysing the image data to identify moving foreground objects. Upon identifying an object, the movement of said object is tracked, and graphical output data is generated providing a representation of the movement superimposed upon a representation of said environment.
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1. A method of monitoring an environment, comprising the steps of capturing image data depicting said environment;
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analyzing said image data to identify moving foreground objects;
wherein upon identifying an object, the movement of said object is tracked; andgraphical output data is generated providing a representation of said tracked movement superimposed in alignment upon a representation of said environment;
whereinsaid representation of the environment is said captured image data with portions of said image data visible and other portions masked and varying portions of the visible image data are masked according to the level of access granted to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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