Stopped object detection
First Claim
1. A stopped object detection system comprising:
- capturing means for capturing images of an area;
background means, communicatively coupled to the capturing means, for storing a short-term background image and a long-term background image;
motion detection means, communicatively coupled to the capturing means, for determining that an object is an in-motion object based on images captured by the capturing means; and
stopped object detection means, communicatively coupled to the motion detection means and the background means, for determining that a previously-moving object has stopped by comparing current-image information with the short-term background image and the long-term background image;
wherein the background means are further for analyzing a video quality of the images and updating the short-term background image by resetting the short-term background image in response to the video quality being poor.
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Abstract
A video surveillance system includes: an input configured to receive indications of images each comprising a plurality of pixels; a memory; and a processing unit communicatively coupled to the input and the memory and configured to: analyze the indications of the images; compare the present image with a short-term background image stored in the memory; compare the present image with a long-term background image stored in the memory; provide an indication in response to an object in the present image being disposed in a first location in the present image, in a second location in, or absent from, the short-term background image, and in a third location in, or absent from, the long-term background image, where the first location is different from both the second location and the third location.
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15 Claims
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1. A stopped object detection system comprising:
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capturing means for capturing images of an area; background means, communicatively coupled to the capturing means, for storing a short-term background image and a long-term background image; motion detection means, communicatively coupled to the capturing means, for determining that an object is an in-motion object based on images captured by the capturing means; and stopped object detection means, communicatively coupled to the motion detection means and the background means, for determining that a previously-moving object has stopped by comparing current-image information with the short-term background image and the long-term background image; wherein the background means are further for analyzing a video quality of the images and updating the short-term background image by resetting the short-term background image in response to the video quality being poor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for detecting a stopped object, the method comprising:
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capturing images of an area using a camera; producing a short-term background image and a long-term background image using the captured images; determining that an object is an in-motion object based on the captured images; producing a stopped-object indication in response to determining that a previously-moving object has stopped by comparing current-image information with the short-term background image and the long-term background image; and updating the short-term background image by analyzing a video quality of the images and resetting the short-term background image in response to the video quality being poor. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory processor-readable medium and comprising instructions configured to cause a processor to:
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produce a short-term background image and a long-term background image from images captured by a camera; determine that an object is an in-motion object based on the captured images; determine that a previously-moving object has stopped by comparing current-image information with the short-term background image and the long-term background image; produce a stopped-object indication in response to determining that the previously-moving object has stopped; and update the short-term background image by analyzing a video quality of the images and resetting the short-term background image in response to the video quality being poor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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Specification