Synchronous video and data annotations
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1. A surveillance system comprising:
- a camera arranged to output images of a protected area;
an input device arranged to provide a data annotation; and
a server arranged to synchronously store the images and the data annotation so that the data annotation can be used to search for a segment of the images;
wherein the server is arranged to time stamp the data annotation; and
furtherwherein the server is arranged to directly compare the time stamp of the data annotation to an image count when searching for the segment of the images.
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Abstract
A video surveillance system captures video of a protected area, stores the video in a computer readable memory, stores data annotations in the computer readable memory where the data annotations are searchable using a search criteria, and stores links that link the stored data annotations to corresponding video segments of the stored video so that the data annotations can be used to search for a video segment of interest. The data annotations are searched using the search criteria, and the video segment of interest linked to the data annotation found as a result of the search is displayed.
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33 Claims
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1. A surveillance system comprising:
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a camera arranged to output images of a protected area; an input device arranged to provide a data annotation; and a server arranged to synchronously store the images and the data annotation so that the data annotation can be used to search for a segment of the images; wherein the server is arranged to time stamp the data annotation; and
furtherwherein the server is arranged to directly compare the time stamp of the data annotation to an image count when searching for the segment of the images. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method comprising:
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storing surveillance video in a memory; storing data annotations in the memory, wherein the data annotations are useful in searching for a video segment of the surveillance video of interest; and
,synchronizing the stored data annotations to the corresponding video segments of the stored video so that the data annotations can be used to search for the video segment of interest; wherein the data annotations include a time stamp; and
further comprising directly comparing the time stamp of the data annotations to an image count when searching for the segment of the images. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A surveillance method comprising:
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capturing images of a protected area; storing the images in a computer readable memory; storing data annotations in the computer readable memory, wherein the data annotations are searchable using a search criteria; and
,storing a link that links the stored data annotations to corresponding image segments of the stored images so that the data annotations can be used to search for an image segment of interest; wherein the data annotations include a time stamp; and
further comprising directly comparing the time stamp of the data annotations to an image count when searching for the segment of the images. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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