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Distributed sensing and video capture system and apparatus

  • US 9,794,428 B2
  • Filed: 03/29/2017
  • Issued: 10/17/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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