Video event trigger and tracking system using fuzzy comparators
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1. A video observation apparatus, comprising:
- a video camera;
frame storage means, operatively connected to the video camera, for storing at least one non-current video frame of a viewing field;
dividing means, operatively connected to the frame storage means, for dividing a current video frame of the viewing field and at least one non-current video frame into a plurality of corresponding trigger sections;
a plurality of fuzzy comparator means, operatively connected to the dividing means, each for comparing and detecting a fuzzy logic difference between one trigger section of the current video frame and the corresponding trigger sections of the at least one non-current video frame, the number of fuzzy comparator means being selected so that every trigger section of the current video frame is compared, the fuzzy logic difference being a degree of mismatch; and
trigger signal means, operatively connected to the fuzzy comparator means, for providing a trigger signal when a fuzzy logic difference is detected between any of the corresponding current and non-current trigger sections.
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Abstract
A video observation method and apparatus, the apparatus having a frame storage mechanism, a dividing mechanism, a plurality of fuzzy comparators and a trigger signal mechanism. The frame storage mechanism stores at least one non-current video frame of a viewing field. The dividing mechanism divides a current video frame of the viewing field and the at least one non-current video frame into a plurality of corresponding trigger sections. The plurality of fuzzy comparators each compare and detect a fuzzy logic difference between one trigger section of the current video frame and the corresponding trigger sections of the at least one non-current video frame, the number of fuzzy comparators being selected so that every trigger section of the current video frame is compared. The trigger signal mechanism provides a trigger signal when a fuzzy logic difference is detected between any of the corresponding current and non-current trigger sections. A video observation mechanism and data reducing mechanism may be included with the above apparatus or alone with only a frame storage mechanism, a single generic comparator and a trigger signal mechanism. The video observation mechanism provides a video data stream, wherein each pixel of each frame of a viewing field is provided as multiple bits of data. The data reducing mechanism reduces each set of multiple bits of data which correspond to each pixel to one bit of binary data based on whether the pixel has a level of grey which is above or below a threshold level of grey.
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1. A video observation apparatus, comprising:
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a video camera; frame storage means, operatively connected to the video camera, for storing at least one non-current video frame of a viewing field; dividing means, operatively connected to the frame storage means, for dividing a current video frame of the viewing field and at least one non-current video frame into a plurality of corresponding trigger sections; a plurality of fuzzy comparator means, operatively connected to the dividing means, each for comparing and detecting a fuzzy logic difference between one trigger section of the current video frame and the corresponding trigger sections of the at least one non-current video frame, the number of fuzzy comparator means being selected so that every trigger section of the current video frame is compared, the fuzzy logic difference being a degree of mismatch; and trigger signal means, operatively connected to the fuzzy comparator means, for providing a trigger signal when a fuzzy logic difference is detected between any of the corresponding current and non-current trigger sections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A video observation apparatus, comprising:
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video observation means for providing a video data stream, wherein each pixel of each frame of a viewing field is provided as multiple bits of data; data reducing means for reducing each set of multiple bits of data which correspond to each pixel to one bit of binary data based on whether the pixel has a level of grey which is above or below a threshold level of grey; frame storage means for storing at least one non-current data reduced video frame of the viewing field; a comparator means for comparing and detecting a fuzzy logic difference between the reduced data of a current video frame and the reduced data of the at least one non-current video frames, the fuzzy logic difference being a degree of mismatch; and trigger signal means for providing a trigger signal when the fuzzy logic difference is detected between any of the reduced data of the current and non-current video frames. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A video observation method, comprising the steps of:
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storing at least one non-current data-reduced video frame of a viewing field; dividing a current data-reduced video frame of said viewing field and said at least one non-current data-reduced video frame into a plurality of corresponding trigger sections; using a plurality of fuzzy comparators to compare and detect a fuzzy logic difference between each trigger section of the current video frame and the corresponding trigger sections of the at least one non-current video frame, the fuzzy logic difference being a degree of mismatch; and providing a trigger signal when a fuzzy logic difference is detected between any of the corresponding current and non-current trigger sections. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A video observation method, comprising the steps of:
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providing a video data stream, wherein each pixel of each frame of a viewing field is provided as multiple bits of data; reducing each set of multiple bits of data which correspond to each pixel to one bit of binary data based on whether the pixel has a level of grey which is above or below a threshold level of grey; storing at least one non-current video frame of the viewing field; comparing and detecting a fuzzy logic difference between the reduced data of a current and the reduced data of the at least one non-current video frames, the fuzzy logic difference being a degree of mismatch; and providing a trigger signal when the fuzzy logic difference is detected between any of the reduced data of the current and non-current video frames.
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