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Methods for defining, detecting, analyzing, indexing and retrieving events using video image processing

  • US 7,801,328 B2
  • Filed: 03/31/2005
  • Issued: 09/21/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer assisted method of detecting and analyzing events occurring within a region of interest of a video monitoring system, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a video monitoring system including a user interface having a display, the display displaying event condition details in a first portion of the display and action response details in a second portion of the display;

    defining one or more user-specified events using the event condition details in the first portion of the user interface of the video monitoring system;

    the video monitoring system storing the one or more user-specified events;

    the video monitoring system extracting information regarding one or more objects located within the region of interest;

    the video monitoring system analyzing the extracted information to detect an occurrence of one or more of the one or more user-specified events within the region of interest;

    defining one or more action responses using the second portion of the user interface of the video monitoring system; and

    the video monitoring system performing the one or more action responses upon the detection of the occurrence of one or more of the one or more user-specified events.

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