Distributed sensing and video capture system and apparatus
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1. A system for sensing and video capture, the system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras distributed about a facility, each of the plurality of cameras comprising an optical sensor capable of capturing video image data, at least one auxiliary sensor, and a processor that acquires and transmits video image data from the optical sensor and acquires and transmits auxiliary sensor data from the auxiliary sensor;
a data connection connected to the processor of each of the plurality of cameras for the transmission of data from the processor; and
a centralized computer located at a different location from each of the plurality of cameras that receives the video image data and auxiliary sensor data from the processor of each of the plurality of cameras across the data connection, stores the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data, and processes the auxiliary sensor data using an application module configured to perform a monitoring or control function,wherein the video image data is acquired from the optical sensor and transmitted at a first sampling rate and the auxiliary sensor data is acquired from the auxiliary sensor and transmitted at a second sampling rate wherein the first sampling rate is greater than the second sampling rate, such that the processor acquires samples more frequently from the optical sensor than from the auxiliary sensor.
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Systems and apparatus for sensing and video capture include at least one camera with an optical sensor that captures video image data of a first sampling rate. An auxiliary sensor captures auxiliary data at a second sample rate. A processor is communicatively connected to the optical sensor and auxiliary sensor. The processor transmits video image data captured at the first sample rate auxiliary sensor data captured at the second sampling rate across a data connection to a centralized computer that receives the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data and operate to present the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data on a graphical display.
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1. A system for sensing and video capture, the system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras distributed about a facility, each of the plurality of cameras comprising an optical sensor capable of capturing video image data, at least one auxiliary sensor, and a processor that acquires and transmits video image data from the optical sensor and acquires and transmits auxiliary sensor data from the auxiliary sensor; a data connection connected to the processor of each of the plurality of cameras for the transmission of data from the processor; and a centralized computer located at a different location from each of the plurality of cameras that receives the video image data and auxiliary sensor data from the processor of each of the plurality of cameras across the data connection, stores the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data, and processes the auxiliary sensor data using an application module configured to perform a monitoring or control function, wherein the video image data is acquired from the optical sensor and transmitted at a first sampling rate and the auxiliary sensor data is acquired from the auxiliary sensor and transmitted at a second sampling rate wherein the first sampling rate is greater than the second sampling rate, such that the processor acquires samples more frequently from the optical sensor than from the auxiliary sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A system for sensing and video capture, the system comprising:
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a plurality of cameras distributed about a facility, each of the plurality of cameras comprising; an optical sensor that acquires video image data; an auxiliary sensor that acquires auxiliary sensor data; a processor that receives and processes the video image data from the optical sensor and the auxiliary sensor data from the at least one auxiliary sensor; and a power supply that provides power to the optical sensor, at least one auxiliary sensor, and the processor; at least one data connection connected to each of the plurality of cameras, wherein in each of the plurality of cameras the data connection is connected to the processor and to the power supply; and a centralized computer spaced apart from the plurality of cameras that acquires data from the processors across the data connection, wherein the video image data from each camera is acquired at a first sampling rate and the auxiliary sensor data from each camera is acquired at a second sampling rate, the first sampling rate greater than the second sampling rate, such that the processor acquires samples more frequently from the optical sensor than from the auxiliary sensor; wherein for each camera of the plurality of cameras, the power supply converts power from the data connection to provide power to the processor, the optical sensor, and the auxiliary sensor wherein the centralized computer processes the auxiliary sensor data to determine an environmental condition of the facility, wherein the centralized computer sends control signals to an environmental control apparatus in response to the auxiliary sensor data. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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