SMART NETWORK CAMERA SYSTEM-ON-A-CHIP

• US 20090066790A1
• Filed: 09/12/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Motorola Solutions, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Its-7 Pty Limited
• Inventors: Hammadou, Tarik
• Granted Patent: US 8,576,281 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19636 pertaining to the camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19663 Surveillance related processing done local to the camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/144 Movement detection for video coding H04N19/503; analysis of motion in general G06T7/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/202 Gamma control circuits for controlling camera response irrespective of the scene brightness H04N23/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

Aspects of a method and system for processing video data are disclosed and may include detecting, within a single chip in a programmable surveillance video camera, one or more moving objects in a raw video signal generated by the programmable surveillance video camera. One or more characteristics of the detected one or more objects may be extracted within the single chip in the programmable surveillance video camera. The extraction may be based on the raw video signal and may be performed prior to compression of the raw video data. The characteristics of the detected one or more objects may include shape, texture, color, motion presence, motion direction, sequence name, location, links, and/or alarm type. One or more textual representations of at least one of the characteristics of the detected one or more objects may be generated within the single chip in the programmable surveillance video camera.

Claims

1. A method for processing video data, the method comprising:

detecting, within a single chip in a programmable surveillance video camera, one or more moving objects in a raw video signal generated by said programmable surveillance video camera; and

extracting, within said single chip in said programmable surveillance video camera, one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects, wherein said extraction is based on said raw video signal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said extraction is performed prior to compression of said raw video data.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein said characteristics of said detected one or more objects comprise one or more of shape, texture, color, motion presence, motion direction, sequence name, location, links, and/or alarm type.

4. The method according to claim 1, comprising generating, within said single chip in said programmable surveillance video camera, one or more textual representations of at least one of said one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects.

5. The method according to claim 4, comprising communicating said generated one or more textual representations outside of said single chip for processing.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein said generated one or more textual representations are communicated outside of said single chip independently of image data corresponding to said raw video signal.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein said generated one or more textual representations are communicated outside of said single chip in parallel with image data corresponding to said raw video signal.

8. The method according to claim 1, comprising formatting with at least one visual effect, at least a portion of image data corresponding to said raw video signal, wherein said at least one visual effect corresponds to one or more of said one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects.

9. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for processing video data, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:

detecting, within a single chip in a programmable surveillance video camera, one or more moving objects in a raw video signal generated by said programmable surveillance video camera; and

extracting, within said single chip in said programmable surveillance video camera, one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects, wherein said extraction is based on said raw video signal.

10. The machine-readable storage according to claim 9, wherein said extraction is performed prior to compression of said raw video data.

11. The machine-readable storage according to claim 9, wherein said characteristics of said detected one or more objects comprise one or more of shape, texture, color, motion presence, motion direction, sequence name, location, links, and/or alarm type.

12. The machine-readable storage according to claim 9, comprising code that enables generating, within said single chip in said programmable surveillance video camera, one or more textual representations of at least one of said one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects.

13. The machine-readable storage according to claim 12, comprising code that enables communicating said generated one or more textual representations outside of said single chip for processing.

14. The machine-readable storage according to claim 13, wherein said generated one or more textual representations are communicated outside of said single chip independently of image data corresponding to said raw video signal.

15. The machine-readable storage according to claim 13, wherein said generated one or more textual representations are communicated outside of said single chip in parallel with image data corresponding to said raw video signal.

16. The machine-readable storage according to claim 9, comprising code that enables formatting with at least one visual effect, at least a portion of image data corresponding to said raw video signal, wherein said at least one visual effect corresponds to one or more of said one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects.

17. A system for processing video data, the system comprising:

one or more processors within a single chip in a programmable surveillance video camera, said one or more processors enable detecting one or more moving objects in a raw video signal generated by said programmable surveillance video camera; and

said one or more processors enable extracting, within said single chip, one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects, wherein said extraction is based on said raw video signal.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein said one or more processors enable performing of said extraction prior to compression of said raw video data.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein said characteristics of said detected one or more objects comprise one or more of shape, texture, color, motion presence, motion direction, sequence name, location, links, and/or alarm type.

20. The system according to claim 17, wherein said one or more processors enable generating, within said single chip in said programmable surveillance video camera, one or more textual representations of at least one of said one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects.

21. The system according to claim 20, wherein said one or more processors enable communicating said generated one or more textual representations outside of said single chip for processing.

22. The system according to claim 21, wherein said one or more processors enable communicating said generated one or more textual representations outside of said single chip independently of image data corresponding to said raw video signal.

23. The system according to claim 21, wherein said one or more processors enable communicating said generated one or more textual representations outside of said single chip in parallel with image data corresponding to said raw video signal.

24. The system according to claim 17, wherein said one or more processors enable formatting with at least one visual effect, at least a portion of image data corresponding to said raw video signal, wherein said at least one visual effect corresponds to one or more of said one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects.