PTZ presets control analytics configuration

• US 8,451,329 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2006
• Issued: 05/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/14/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Addy, Kenneth L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Perungavoor, Sath V
• Assistant Examiner(s): AYNALEM, NATHNAEL B
• Application Number:
  US11/503,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20080036860A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,479 Days
• Field of Search: 348/137, 348/139, 348/140, 348/143, 348/144, 348/149, 348152-159, 382/103
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19652 Systems using zones in a single scene defined for different treatment, e.g. outer zone gives pre-alarm, inner zone gives alarm
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19686 Interfaces masking personal details for privacy, e.g. blurring faces, vehicle license plates
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A system and method for PTZ presets control analytic configuration in one aspect provides a camera that includes PTZ preset information and analytics configuration information to allow local, that is, within the camera, processing at each preset position. In one embodiment, the information is set-up or configured using, for example, a PC, PDA (personal digital assistant), or the like, etc., which may be remotely or locally connected to a camera. In one aspect, if a PTZ camera is being operated manually and is moved to a particular position, the PTZ automatically moves to the nearest preset position and operates under the conditions of the associated analytics configuration.

Claims

1. A method for surveillance system, comprising:

storing a plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions;

storing a plurality of analytics configuration information, each of the plurality of analytics configuration information associated with a corresponding preset pan-tilt-zoom position in the plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions;

determining a current pan-tilt-zoom position of a camera;

a user manually adjusting the pan-tilt-zoom position of the camera to a particular position, a controller of the camera automatically moving and setting the current pan-tilt-zoom position of the camera from the particular position to a nearest one of the plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions;

selecting analytics configuration information associated with the nearest one of the plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions of the camera from the plurality of analytics configuration information; and

performing surveillance analytics based on the selected analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of performing surveillance analytics further includes:

determining whether to transmit image information based on the selected analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of storing a plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions includes:

storing a plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions in the camera.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of storing a plurality of analytics configuration information includes:

storing a plurality of analytics configuration information in the camera.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of selecting analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position is performed at a remote controller and the remote controller sends the selected analytics configuration information to the camera.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the camera is enabled to be adjusted to one or more of the plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions.

7. A surveillance system, comprising:

non-volatile memory operable to store a plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions and a plurality of analytics configuration information, each of the plurality of analytics configuration information associated with a corresponding preset pan-tilt-zoom position in the plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions;

apparatus that determines a current pan-tilt-zoom position of a camera;

if a user manually adjusts the pan-tilt-zoom position of the camera to a particular position a controller of the camera automatically adjusts and sets the current pan-tilt-zoom position of the camera from the particular position to a nearest one of the plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions;

apparatus that selects analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position of the camera from the plurality of analytics configuration information; and

an analytics engine operable to perform surveillance analytics based on the selected analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position.

8. The system of claim 7, further including:

the analytics engine is further operable to determine whether to transmit image information based on the selected analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position.

9. The system of claim 7, further including:

an electromechanical PTZ controller operable to adjust a PTZ position of a camera.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein the means for automatically adjusting and setting the current pan-tilt-zoom position of the camera includes an electromechanical PTZ controller.

11. A program storage device readable by machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for surveillance system, comprising:

storing a plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions;

storing a plurality of analytics configuration information, each of the plurality of analytics configuration information associated with a corresponding preset pan-tilt-zoom position in the plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions;

determining a current pan-tilt-zoom position of a camera;

if a user manually adjusts the pan-tilt-zoom position of the camera to a particular position, a controller of the camera automatically moving and setting the current pan-tilt-zoom position of the camera from the particular position to a nearest one of the plurality of preset pan-tilt zoom positions;

selecting analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position of the camera from the plurality of analytics configuration information; and

performing surveillance analytics based on the selected analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position.

12. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the step of performing surveillance analytics further includes:

determining whether to transmit image information based on the selected analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position.

13. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the step of storing a plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions includes:

storing a plurality of preset pan-tilt-zoom positions in the camera.

14. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the step of storing a plurality of analytics configuration information includes:

storing a plurality of analytics configuration information in the camera.

15. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the step of selecting analytics configuration information associated with the current pan-tilt-zoom position is performed at a remote controller and the remote controller sends the selected analytics configuration information to the camera.

16. The program storage device of claim 11, wherein the camera is enabled to be adjusted to one or more of the plurality of pan-tilt-zoom positions.