Process of sequentially dubbing a camera for investigation and review

• US 8,633,984 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2008
• Issued: 01/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Drive, Marine, Jackson, Andrew, Dhamija, Vijay
• Primary Examiner(s): ALGIBHAH, HAMZA N
• Application Number:
  US12/338,389
• Publication Number:
  US 20100157050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,860 Days
• Field of Search: 348/143
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19645 Multiple cameras, each having view on one of a plurality of scenes, e.g. multiple cameras for multi-room surveillance or for tracking an object by view hand-over
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23424 involving splicing one content stream with another content stream, e.g. for inserting or substituting an advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234318 by decomposing into objects, e.g. MPEG-4 objects
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2365 Multiplexing of several video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43072 of multiple content streams on the same device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8456 by decomposing the content in the time domain, e.g. in time segments

Abstract

A system for and a method of creating a coherent video data stream of an object moving between a plurality of areas covered by a plurality of data collecting devices is provided. The method includes selecting a plurality of data collecting devices from the plurality of data collecting devices, synchronizing video data streams from the selected plurality of data collecting devices, substantially simultaneously reviewing the video data streams from the selected plurality of data collecting devices, specifying periods of interest for the video data streams from the selected plurality of data collecting devices, and sequentially combining portions of the video data streams into the coherent video data stream, the portions corresponding to the specified periods of interest.

Claims

1. A method of creating a coherent video data stream of an object moving between a plurality of areas covered by a plurality of data collecting devices comprising:

receiving user input to select a plurality of data collecting devices from the plurality of data collecting devices;

synchronizing playback of video data streams from the selected plurality of data collecting devices;

displaying the video data streams from the selected plurality of data collecting devices substantially simultaneously;

receiving user input to specify time periods of in each of the video data streams from the selected plurality of data collecting devices, the user input including entrance times and exit times corresponding to times when the object appears and ceases to appear, respectively, in a respective video data stream;

receiving user input to move each entrance time identified by the user input to a time substantially immediately after a last marked exit time; and

sequentially, according to time, combining portions of the video data streams into the coherent video data stream, the portions corresponding to the specified time periods of interest.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the plurality of data collecting devices comprise cameras.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving user input to specify time periods of interest on a display of the video data streams.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing the coherent video data stream in a selected file.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the selected file is stored in at least one of a hard disk drive, a digital video disc, a compact disc, or a Blu-ray disk.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving user input to specify time periods of interest on a display of a timeline associated with the video data streams.

6. An interactive viewing apparatus comprising:

circuitry for displaying a plurality of video data streams from a plurality of cameras;

circuitry for synchronizing playback of the plurality of video data streams;

circuitry for receiving user input to specify time periods of interest in each of the plurality of video data streams, the user input including entrance times and exit times corresponding to times when an object appears and ceases to appear, respectively in a respective video data stream;

circuitry for receiving user input to move each entrance time identified by the user input to a time substantially immediately after a last marked exit time; and

circuitry for creating and exporting a file containing a coherent video data stream containing the identified time periods of interest.

7. The interactive viewing apparatus of claim 6 which includes a graphical user interface associated with at least one of control circuitry or a programmable processor.

8. The interactive viewing apparatus of claim 7 wherein the control circuitry or the programmable processor creates the file containing the coherent video data stream.

9. The interactive viewing apparatus of claim 7 wherein the control circuitry or the programmable processor creates the coherent video data stream.

10. The interactive viewing apparatus of claim 9 wherein the control circuitry or the programmable processor sequentially combines segments of the plurality of video data streams corresponding to marked times to create the coherent video data stream.

11. A system for creating a coherent video data stream of an object moving between a plurality of areas covered by a plurality of data collecting devices comprising:

a programmable processor and associated control circuitry; and

a user interface coupled to the programmable processor,

wherein the user interface displays a plurality of video data streams from a selected plurality of data collecting devices,

and

wherein the programmable processor and the associated control circuitry synchronize playback of the plurality of video data streams, receive user input to specify time periods of interest in each of the plurality of video data streams, the user input including entrance times and exit times corresponding to times when the object appears and ceases to appear, respectively, in a respective video data stream, receive user input to move each entrance time identified by the user input to a time substantially immediately after a last marked exit time, and sequentially, according to time, combine portions of the video data streams into the coherent video data stream, the portions of the video data streams corresponding to the specified time periods of interest.

12. The system of claim 11 further comprising a storage device for storing an export file containing the coherent video data stream, the storage device is at least one of a hard disk drive, a digital video disc, a compact disc, or a Blu-ray disk.