Thermal signature intensity alarmer
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1. A system, comprising:
- a thermal signature processing logic that analyzes a thermal image data with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature, to identify an object of interest by a thermal signature;
an intensity logic that determines the relative thermal intensity of the object of interest; and
an alarm logic that determines whether an alarm-worthy event has occurred based on one or more of the thermal signature processing logic analysis of the thermal image data and the intensity logic analysis of the relative thermal intensity of the object of interest.
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Abstract
A system for processing thermal signature data is provided. The system provides a thermal signature data processor that analyzes one or more pixels to determine whether an aspect of an alarm-worthy event has occurred. In one example, the system additionally analyzes visual data in relation to the thermal signature data to determine whether an alarm-worthy event (e.g., intrusion) has occurred.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a thermal signature processing logic that analyzes a thermal image data with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature, to identify an object of interest by a thermal signature;
an intensity logic that determines the relative thermal intensity of the object of interest; and
an alarm logic that determines whether an alarm-worthy event has occurred based on one or more of the thermal signature processing logic analysis of the thermal image data and the intensity logic analysis of the relative thermal intensity of the object of interest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system, comprising:
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a thermal signature processing logic that analyzes a thermal image data with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature, to identify an object of interest by a thermal signature;
a motion logic that determines whether an object of interest moved; and
an alarm logic that determines whether an alarm-worthy event has occurred based on one or more of, the thermal signature processing logic analysis of the thermal image data and the motion logic analysis of the motion of the object of interest. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a thermal signature processing logic that analyzes a thermal image data with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature, to identify an object of interest by a thermal signature;
a motion logic that determines whether an object of interest moved;
an intensity logic that determines the relative thermal intensity of the object of interest; and
an alarm logic that determines whether an alarm-worthy event has occurred based on one or more of, the thermal signature processing logic analysis of the thermal image data, the motion logic analysis of the motion of the object of interest, and the intensity logic analysis of the relative thermal intensity of the object of interest. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A system, comprising:
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a visual processing logic that analyzes a visual image data;
a thermal signature processing logic that analyzes a thermal image data with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature;
a combination logic that analyzes a combination of the visual image data and the thermal image data or that determines a relation between them; and
an alarm logic for determining whether an alarm-worthy event has occurred based on one or more of the visual processing logic analysis of the visual image data, the thermal signature processing logic analysis of the thermal image data, and the combination logic analysis of the combination of the visual image data and the thermal image data or the relation between the visual image data and the thermal image data. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method, comprising:
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acquiring a thermal image data;
analyzing the thermal image data to identify a thermal signature intensity for an object of interest in a region of interest with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature;
determining whether an alarm signal should be generated based on the thermal signature intensity of the object of interest; and
selectively generating an alarm signal.
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27. A method, comprising:
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acquiring a thermal image data;
analyzing the thermal image data to identify a motion for an object of interest in a region of interest with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature;
determining whether an alarm signal should be generated based on the motion of the object of interest; and
selectively generating an alarm signal.
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28. A method, comprising:
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acquiring a thermal image data;
analyzing the thermal image data with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature, to identify a thermal signature intensity for an object of interest in a region of interest;
analyzing the thermal image data to identify a motion for the object of interest in a region of interest;
determining whether an alarm signal should be generated based on the motion of the object of interest or the thermal signature intensity of the object of interest; and
selectively generating an alarm signal.
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29. A method, comprising:
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acquiring a visual image data;
acquiring a thermal image data;
analyzing the visual image data and the thermal image data with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature, to determine whether an alarm-worthy event has occurred; and
selectively generating an alarm signal based on the analyzing of the visual image data and the analyzing of the thermal image data. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A method, comprising:
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acquiring a thermal image data;
analyzing the thermal image data to identify a thermal signature intensity for an object of interest in a region of interest with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature;
acquiring a visual image data;
generating a presentation of the visual image data where the presentation includes enhancing one or more objects whose thermal signature intensity is within a pre-determined, configurable range.
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39. A computerized method, comprising:
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acquiring a thermal image data;
analyzing the thermal image data to identify a thermal signature for an object of interest in a region of interest with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature;
accessing a data store of thermal signatures; and
generating a target identification based on comparing the identified thermal signature to one or more thermal signatures in the data store. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41)
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42. A method, comprising:
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acquiring a thermal image data from a thermal image data device;
analyzing the thermal image data to identify a thermal signature for an object of interest in a region of interest with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature; and
selectively controlling the thermal image data device to track the object of interest based on the thermal signature. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44)
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45. A method, comprising:
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acquiring a thermal image data;
analyzing the thermal image data to identify a thermal signature intensity for an object of interest in a region of interest with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature;
acquiring a visual image data;
analyzing the visual image data to facilitate characterizing the object of interest; and
acquiring one or more external sensor data that further facilitate characterizing the object of interest. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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47. A system for detecting an intrusion of an object of interest into a region of interest, comprising:
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means for acquiring a thermal image of the region of interest with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature;
means for analyzing the thermal image to identify a thermal intensity signal of an object of interest; and
means for generating an alarm signal based on the analysis of the thermal image.
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48. A system for detecting an intrusion of an object of interest into a region of interest, comprising:
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means for acquiring a visual image of the region of interest;
means for acquiring a thermal image of the region of interest;
means for analyzing the visual image in relation to the thermal image with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature; and
means for generating an alarm signal based on the analysis of the visual image in relation to the thermal image.
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49. A set of application programming interfaces embodied on a computer readable medium for execution by a computer component in conjunction with intrusion detection, comprising:
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a first interface for communicating thermal image data determined with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature; and
a second interface for communicating alarm data, where the alarm data is computed based on analyzing the thermal image data.
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50. In a computer system having a graphical user interface comprising a display and a selection device, a method of providing and selecting from a set of data entries on the display, the method comprising:
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retrieving a set of data entries, each of the data entries representing one of an action associated with detecting an intrusion by analyzing thermal image data with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature;
displaying the set of entries on the display;
receiving a data entry selection signal indicative of the selection device selecting a selected data entry; and
in response to the data entry selection signal, initiating an operation associated with the selected data entry.
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51. A computer data signal embodied in a transmission medium, comprising:
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a first set of instructions for processing thermal image determined with respect to a background, which has a dynamically chancing thermal signature; and
a second set of instructions for determining that an intrusion by an object of interest into a region of interest has occurred based on processing of the thermal image data.
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52. A data packet for transmitting intrusion data, comprising:
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a first field that stores thermal image data determined with respect to a background, which has a dynamically changing thermal signature; and
a second field that stores alarm data computed from analyzing the thermal image data.
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