System and method for contexually interpreting image sequences
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1. A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a computer, video from one or more video sources;
generating, by the computer, one or more questions associated with one or more portions of the video;
sending, by the computer, the one or more portions of the video and the one or more questions to one or more assistants;
receiving, by the computer, one or more answers to the one or more questions from the one or more assistants; and
determining, by the computer, a contextual interpretation of the video based on the one or more answers and the video,wherein;
the video comprises recorded image sequences recorded by a surveillance system;
the one or more assistants are one or more persons; and
the determining the contextual interpretation by the computer uses interpretations of both the one or more persons and the computer;
further comprising identifying, by the computer, the one or more portions of the video for which the determining the contextual interpretation requires assistance based on at least one user-defined objective for the contextual interpretation;
wherein the at least one user-defined objective comprises identifying, based on one or more criterion defined by the user, one of;
(i) one or more items possessed by a person in the video, and (ii) a person in the video having difficulty breathing.
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A system and method for contextually interpreting image sequences are provided. The method comprises receiving video from one or more video sources, and generating one or more questions associated with one or more portions of the video based on at least one user-defined objective. The method further comprises sending the one or more portions of the video and the one or more questions to one or more assistants, receiving one or more answers to the one or more questions from the one or more assistants, and determining a contextual interpretation of the video based on the one or more answers and the video.
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a computer, video from one or more video sources; generating, by the computer, one or more questions associated with one or more portions of the video; sending, by the computer, the one or more portions of the video and the one or more questions to one or more assistants; receiving, by the computer, one or more answers to the one or more questions from the one or more assistants; and determining, by the computer, a contextual interpretation of the video based on the one or more answers and the video, wherein;
the video comprises recorded image sequences recorded by a surveillance system;
the one or more assistants are one or more persons; and
the determining the contextual interpretation by the computer uses interpretations of both the one or more persons and the computer;further comprising identifying, by the computer, the one or more portions of the video for which the determining the contextual interpretation requires assistance based on at least one user-defined objective for the contextual interpretation; wherein the at least one user-defined objective comprises identifying, based on one or more criterion defined by the user, one of;
(i) one or more items possessed by a person in the video, and (ii) a person in the video having difficulty breathing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a processor; a computer readable hardware storage device; and program instructions recorded on the computer readable hardware storage device for execution by the processor, the program instructions comprising; program instructions to receive video from one or more video sources; program instructions to determine whether one or more Application Video Packets (AVPs) of the video require user assistance for analyzing based on user-defined criteria; program instructions to determine one or more questions associated with the one or more AVPs of the video that require user assistance based on at least one of the user-defined criteria and predetermined criteria; program instructions to send the one or more AVPs and the one or more questions to one or more processor stations; program instructions to collate one or more answers to the one or more questions from the one or more processor stations; program instructions to determine a contextual interpretation of the video based on the one or more answers, the predetermined criteria, and the video; and program instructions to identify one or more portions of the video for which the system requires assistance in the determining the contextual interpretation based on at least one user-defined objective for the contextual interpretation; wherein the at least one user-defined objective comprises identifying, based on one or more criterion defined by the user, one of;
(i) one or more items possessed by a person in the video; and
(ii) a person having difficulty breathing in the video. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer program product comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having program instructions recorded on the computer readable hardware storage device, the program instructions comprising:
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program instructions to receive video from one or more video sources; program instructions to generate one or more questions associated with one or more Application Video Packets (AVPs) of the video based on at least one user-defined objective; program instructions to send the one or more AVPs of the video and the one or more questions to one or more assistants; program instructions to receive one or more answers to the one or more questions from the one or more assistants; program instructions to determine a contextual interpretation of the video based on the one or more answers and the video; and program instructions to identify one or more portions of the video for which the determining the contextual interpretation requires assistance based on at least one user-defined objective for the contextual interpretation. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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