Method for distinguishing a smoke condition from a dust condition using video images
First Claim
1. A method for distinguishing a smoke condition from a dust condition comprising:
- obtaining a first frame of video data;
determining at least one feature of a portion of said first frame; and
determining a smoke condition if a threshold value for said at least one feature is crossed, and, in the presence of a dust condition, said threshold value is not crossed.
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Abstract
Detecting video phenomena, such as fire in an aircraft cargo bay, includes receiving a plurality of video images from a plurality of sources, compensating the images to provide enhanced images, extracting features from the enhanced images, and combining the features from the plurality of sources to detect the video phenomena. Extracting features may include determining an energy indicator for each of a subset of the plurality of frames. Detecting video phenomena may also include comparing energy indicators for each of the subset of the plurality of frames to a reference frame. The reference frame corresponds to a video frame taken when no fire is present, video frame immediately preceding each of the subset of the plurality of frames, or a video frame immediately preceding a frame that is immediately preceding each of the subset of the plurality of frames. Image-based and non-image based techniques are described herein in connection with fire detection and/or verification and other applications.
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1. A method for distinguishing a smoke condition from a dust condition comprising:
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obtaining a first frame of video data; determining at least one feature of a portion of said first frame; and determining a smoke condition if a threshold value for said at least one feature is crossed, and, in the presence of a dust condition, said threshold value is not crossed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium that distinguishes a smoke condition from a dust condition comprising executable code that:
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obtains a first frame of video data; determines at least one feature of a portion of said first frame; and determines a smoke condition if a threshold value for said at least one feature is crossed, and, in the presence of a dust condition, said threshold value is not crossed. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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