Modular intelligent transportation system
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1. A multimedia apparatus, comprising:
- at least one input port configured to receive video signals from a plurality of video cameras representing a scene;
at least one input port configured to receive audio signals from a plurality of microphones proximate to the scene;
a digital communication interface configured to communicate information derived from the video signals and information derived from the audio signals; and
at least one processor configured to;
receive command and control programming specific to managing functions of the multimedia apparatus, employing cryptographically secure communications over the Internet;
perform an analysis of the audio signals received by the plurality of microphones to localize a moving object in the scene, representing an audio emission source;
provide an identification of a human in dependence on at least one of the audio signals and the video signals;
perform at least one of Bayesian probabilistic processing and Hidden Markov Model processing, to probabilistically analyze the scene;
perform a model-based motion analysis of at least the moving object representing the audio emission source represented in the video signals;
recognize a predetermined sequence of activity represented in at least one of the audio signals and the video signals; and
determine whether the moving object in the scene complies with a motion-based rule dependent on a change in movement, in dependence on at least the model based motion analysis; and
to generate digital control signals based on both the audio signals and the video signals.
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Abstract
A modular intelligent transportation system, comprising an environmentally protected enclosure, a system communications bus, a processor module, communicating with said bus, having a image data input and an audio input, the processor module analyzing the image data and/or audio input for data patterns represented therein, having at least one available option slot, a power supply, and a communication link for external communications, in which at least one available option slot can be occupied by a wireless local area network access point, having a communications path between said communications link and said wireless access point, or other modular components.
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19 Claims
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1. A multimedia apparatus, comprising:
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at least one input port configured to receive video signals from a plurality of video cameras representing a scene; at least one input port configured to receive audio signals from a plurality of microphones proximate to the scene; a digital communication interface configured to communicate information derived from the video signals and information derived from the audio signals; and at least one processor configured to; receive command and control programming specific to managing functions of the multimedia apparatus, employing cryptographically secure communications over the Internet; perform an analysis of the audio signals received by the plurality of microphones to localize a moving object in the scene, representing an audio emission source; provide an identification of a human in dependence on at least one of the audio signals and the video signals; perform at least one of Bayesian probabilistic processing and Hidden Markov Model processing, to probabilistically analyze the scene; perform a model-based motion analysis of at least the moving object representing the audio emission source represented in the video signals; recognize a predetermined sequence of activity represented in at least one of the audio signals and the video signals; and determine whether the moving object in the scene complies with a motion-based rule dependent on a change in movement, in dependence on at least the model based motion analysis; and to generate digital control signals based on both the audio signals and the video signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one video input port configured to receive video signals from at least one video camera imaging a scene; at least one audio input port configured to receive audio signals from at least one microphone proximate to the scene; at least one processor configured to; receive command and control programming specific to managing functions of the multimedia apparatus, employing cryptographically secure communications over the Internet; provide an identification of a human in dependence on the audio signals and the video signals; recognize a characteristic type of at least one sound in the received audio signals; and perform at least one of Bayesian probabilistic processing and Hidden Markov Model processing, to probabilistically analyze the scene; perform a model based statistical motion analysis of at least one object in the scene imaged in the received video signals associated with the at least one recognized sound, recognize a predetermined sequence of activity represented in at least one of the audio signals and the video signals, and determine compliance with at least one motion-related rule dependent on a change in movement; and a display, responsive to the at least one processor, configured to present a synthetic view of a video scene presenting the at least one object. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one input port configured to receive audio signals and video signals representing a scene; at least one processor configured; receive command and control programming specific to managing functions of the apparatus, employing cryptographically secure communications over the Internet; to identify at least one human object in the scene in dependence on at least one of the audio signals and the video signals, perform at least one of Bayesian probabilistic processing and Hidden Markov Model processing, to probabilistically analyze the scene; to analyze at least the audio signals to determine an object in the scene which represents a source of an audio emission, to perform a model-based vector motion analysis of the object in the scene which represents the source of the audio emission represented in the video signals, to recognize a predetermined sequence of activity represented in at least one of the audio signals and the video signals, and to determine whether the object in the scene which represents the source of the audio emission represented in the video signals complies with a motion-based rule dependent on a change in movement, in dependence on at least the model based vector motion analysis; and a serial data digital command and control interface, configured to control at least one image capture device in dependence on the analysis of both the audio signals and the video signals.
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15. An apparatus, comprising:
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at least one video input port configured to receive video signals from at least one video camera imaging a respective object in a scene; at least one audio input port configured to receive audio signals from at least one microphone proximate to the scene, and to capture sounds associated with the respective object in the scene; at least one processor configured to; receive command and control programming specific to managing functions of the multimedia apparatus, employing cryptographically secure communications over the Internet; characterize a type of a sound from the respective object in the scene, in the received audio signals, selectively associated with at least one event occurring with respect to the respective object in the scene; provide an identification of a human in dependence on at least one of the audio signals and the video signals; perform at least one of Bayesian probabilistic processing and Hidden Markov Model processing, to probabilistically analyze the scene; analyze a motion of the respective object in the scene imaged in the received video signals and associated with the at least one event, recognize a predetermined sequence of activity represented in at least one of the audio signals and the video signals, and determine a compliance of the motion of the respective object in the scene with at least one motion-related rule dependent on a change in movement; and a display, responsive to the at least one processor, configured to present a synthetic view of a video scene representing the respective object in the scene, selectively dependent on the event and the determined compliance. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A multimedia method, comprising:
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receiving video signals from a plurality of video cameras representing a scene; receiving audio signals from a plurality of microphones proximate to the scene; communicating information derived from the video signals and information derived from the audio signals to a control system, through a digital communication interface; using an automated digital processor, to at least; receive command and control programming specific to managing functions of the multimedia apparatus, employing cryptographically secure communications over the Internet; perform an analysis of the audio signals received by the plurality of microphones to localize an object representing an audio emission source of the audio signals, provide an identification of a human in dependence on at least one of the audio signals and the video signals; perform at least one of Bayesian probabilistic processing and Hidden Markov Model processing, to probabilistically analyze the scene; recognize a predetermined sequence of activities represented in at least one of the audio signals and the video signals, and perform a model-based motion analysis of at least the object representing the audio emission source represented in the video signals; and determining whether the object representing the audio emission source of the audio signals in the scene complies with at least one motion-based rule dependent on a change in movement, in dependence on at least the model-based motion analysis. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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