Flexible feature interface for multimedia sources

• US 7,546,603 B2
• Filed: 05/13/2002
• Issued: 06/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Government of the United States of America)
• Original Assignee: Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC (Government of the United States of America)
• Inventors: Coffland, Douglas R.
• Primary Examiner(s): An, Meng-Ai
• Assistant Examiner(s): Seye, Abdou K
• Application Number:
  US10/146,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20030212733A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,584 Days
• Field of Search: 719/313, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 719/313
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A flexible feature interface for multimedia sources system that includes a single interface for the addition of features and functions to multimedia sources and for accessing those features and functions from remote hosts. The interface utilizes the export statement: export “C” D11Export void FunctionName(int argc, char ** argv,char * result, SecureSession *ctrl) or the binary equivalent of the export statement.

Claims

1. A video surveillance apparatus comprising:

a digital network;

a digital camera and computer system coupled to the digital network;

a biometrics unit;

at least one viewer workstation connected to said digital network and dynamic link libraries; and

an interface connecting said digital camera and computer system, said digital network, said biometrics unit, and said dynamic link libraries, wherein said dynamic link libraries include;

a functionality added unit, a first initialize unit, a startcapture unit, a stopcapture unit, a startplaying unit, a stopplaying unit, a getframe unit, a makedatakey unit, a getkeyseed unit, a cohu zoom lens control unit, a second initialize unit, a sendcommand unit, a zoomfocusstop unit, a zoom unit, a calibrate cohu unit, a zoomto unit, and a pelco pan and tilt control unit,

wherein said biometrics unit is a system for collecting and analyzing biometrics data in humans, wherein said system for collecting and analyzing biometrics data in humans is an automated fingerprint identification system and a personal identification system in which people are recognized by their own unique corporal or behavioral characteristics.

2. the video surveillance apparatus of claim 1, wherein said digital camera and computer system is a security surveillance system.

3. The video surveillance apparatus of claim 2, wherein said security surveillance system includes a video surveillance camera.

4. A biometrics apparatus, comprising:

a biometrics unit,

a video surveillance camera in said biometrics unit,

a work station,

an operating system,

a multiplicity of features and functions modules for interacting with said biometrics unit, said work station, and said operating system; and

an interface for connecting said biometrics unit, said work station, said operating system, and said features and functions modules, wherein said interface utilizes an export statement;

export “

C”

D11Export void FunctionName(int argc, char ** argv, char * result, SecureSession *ctrl) or the binary equivalent of said export statement, wherein said biometrics unit is a system for collecting and analyzing biometrics data in humans, wherein said system for collecting and analyzing biometrics data in humans is an automated fingerprint identification system and a personal identification system in which people are recognized by their own unique corporal or behavioral characteristics.

5. The biometrics unit of claim 4 wherein said biometrics unit is a security surveillance system.

6. The biometrics unit of claim 5 wherein said security surveillance system includes a video surveillance camera.

7. The biometrics unit of claim 6 wherein said features and functions modules include camera action commands.

8. The biometrics unit of claim 7 wherein said camera action commands include start playing commands and stop playing commands.

9. The biometrics unit of claim 7 wherein said camera action commands include zoom commands.

10. The biometrics unit of claim 7 wherein said camera action commands include focus commands.

11. The biometrics unit of claim 7 wherein said camera action commands include pan commands.

12. The biometrics unit of claim 7 wherein said camera action commands include tilt commands.

13. The biometrics unit of claim 7 wherein said camera action commands include start capture commands and stop capture commands.

14. The biometrics unit of claim 7 wherein said camera action commands include start playing commands, stop playing commands, zoom commands, focus commands, pan commands, and tilt commands.

15. The biometrics unit of claim 4, wherein said personal identification system in which people are recognized by their own unique corporal or behavioral characteristics is a face recognition system.

16. The biometrics unit of claim 4, wherein said personal identification system in which people are recognized by their own unique corporal or behavioral characteristics is an iris and/or retinal scan system.

17. The biometrics unit of claim 4, wherein said personal identification system in which people are recognized by their own unique corporal or behavioral characteristics is a speech recognition system.

18. The biometrics unit of claim 4, wherein said personal identification system in which people are recognized by their own unique corporal or behavioral characteristics is voice identification system.

19. The biometrics unit of claim 4, wherein said personal identification system in which people are recognized by their own unique corporal or behavioral characteristics is facial thermograms system.

20. The biometrics unit of claim 4, wherein said personal identification system in which people are recognized by their own unique corporal or behavioral characteristics is hand geometry system.