User assisted customization of automated video surveillance systems
First Claim
1. A video surveillance system comprising:
- a plurality of function modules, including at least one people-detection module, at least one object-detection module and at least one vehicle-detection module,each module of the plurality of function modules providing a functional effect that is dependent upon one or more parameters,a database that includes a plurality of scene characterizations including a plurality of people-image characterizations for the people-detection module, a plurality of object-image characterizations for the object-detection module and a plurality of vehicle-image characterizations for the vehicle-detection module,a selector that is configured to allow a user of the video surveillance system to select a characterization from the plurality of scene characterizations, anda configuration module that is configured to;
determine whether the selected characterization is a people-image characterization, an object-image characterization or a vehicle-image characterization;
determine the one or more parameters based on the selected characterization, andcommunicate the one or more determined parameters to a corresponding function module according to the determined type of the selected characterization, to control the module to provide the corresponding functional effect.
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Abstract
A surveillance system allows a user to characterize the user'"'"'s environment and/or the user'"'"'s surveillance application, via a selection from among a variety of predefined environments and/or applications. Preferably, the selection is from among a variety of scene configurations, such as the expected number and type of targets in a typical scene, the lighting conditions of the scene, and so on. The selected environments and/or applications effect a determination of the parameters that are used in the various algorithms and processing modules within the surveillance system. Because the selection is preferably from a variety of common scene configurations, no technical skills are required to effect an optimization of the performance of the surveillance system for a particular environment.
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26 Claims
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1. A video surveillance system comprising:
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a plurality of function modules, including at least one people-detection module, at least one object-detection module and at least one vehicle-detection module, each module of the plurality of function modules providing a functional effect that is dependent upon one or more parameters, a database that includes a plurality of scene characterizations including a plurality of people-image characterizations for the people-detection module, a plurality of object-image characterizations for the object-detection module and a plurality of vehicle-image characterizations for the vehicle-detection module, a selector that is configured to allow a user of the video surveillance system to select a characterization from the plurality of scene characterizations, and a configuration module that is configured to; determine whether the selected characterization is a people-image characterization, an object-image characterization or a vehicle-image characterization; determine the one or more parameters based on the selected characterization, and communicate the one or more determined parameters to a corresponding function module according to the determined type of the selected characterization, to control the module to provide the corresponding functional effect. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method to determine one or more parameters of at least one of a plurality of function modules including at least one people-detection module, at least one object-detection module and at least one vehicle-detection module in a surveillance system, comprising:
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providing a plurality of scene characterizations including a plurality of people-image characterizations for the people-detection module, a plurality of object-image characterizations for the object-detection module and a plurality of vehicle-image characterizations for the vehicle-detection module to a user, receiving a selected characterization by the user, determine whether the selected characterization is people-image characterization, an object-image characterization or a vehicle-image characterization; determining the one or more parameters based on the selected characterization, communicating the one or more determined parameters to a corresponding function module according to the determined type of the selected characterization, and causing the corresponding module to apply the one or more parameters to provide a corresponding functional effect based on the one or more parameters. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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