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7612666 Video based monitoring system  
A video-based monitoring system has a video recording device having a field of view, wherein plural zones are defined within the field of view of the video recording device, each zone having an...
7606425 Unsupervised learning of events in a video sequence  
Methods and systems for the unsupervised learning of events contained within a video sequence, including apparatus and interfaces for implementing such systems and methods, are disclosed. An...
7593037 Imaging device and method for capturing image  
An imaging device includes: a capturing unit that captures a motion picture at one of a plurality of frame rates; a buffer that temporary stores the motion picture captured by the capturing unit; a...
7587454 Video streaming parameter optimization and QoS  
A data streaming system comprises: one or more streaming sources, one or more streaming clients, a network connecting said streaming sources and said clients, and a level of service selector able...
7535353 Surveillance system and surveillance method  
Surveillance system and surveillance method for detecting intruders. An image-pickup unit takes an image of a predetermined area, a person detection unit detects, on the basis of the taken image,...
7532256 Methods and apparatus for detecting scenes in a video medium  
Methods and apparatuses of detecting the beginnings and endings of scenes in video media, especially videotapes of “Reality TV” scenes, are disclosed. The video medium defines an array of...
7505607 Identifying objects tracked in images using active device  
Methods are disclosed for augmenting the identification of objects tracked in a sequence of images using active devices. In one embodiment, encoded information transmitted from active devices, such...
7503535 Mounting bracket for detachable holding of a cylindrical tank  
A bracket for holding of cylindrical tanks such as emergency breathing tanks adjacent to a wall surface or behind a seat surface in a detachable manner with positive engagement released by an...
7482569 Integrated circuit device, microcomputer, and monitoring camera system  
An integrated circuit device having a transmitter function for transmitting data to outside through a network. The integrated circuit device includes: an image change detection circuit which...
7463145 Security monitoring arrangement and method using a common field of view  
According to one example embodiment, an integrated security arrangement detects unwanted intruders in a facility. The arrangement includes an intrusion sensor to sense an intrusion at a target area...
7463146 Integrated motion-image monitoring method and device  
Security systems and methods are implemented using a variety of devices and methods. According to one such implementation, a security system uses a controller to communicate with...
7460691 Image processing techniques for a video based traffic monitoring system and methods therefor  
The present disclosure relates to a number of inventions directed, generally, to the application of image processing techniques to traffic data acquisition using video images. The inventions reside...
7457439 System and method for motion capture  
A system and method for measuring, animating, and analyzing motion in real-time is provided which operates with or without markers. System variables are used with a motion model to restrict the...
7451473 Video distribution method and video distribution system  
A video distribution method and a video distribution system connected to a transmission path such as the Internet. The system has a video signal input unit, an encoder for converting the video...
7450221 Method and apparatus for detecting motion of an apparatus and for controlling the operations of the apparatus in accordance with the detected motion  
A motion detection apparatus and method for detecting motion in an apparatus being monitored, and for controlling operations of the apparatus being monitored. First logic of the apparatus processes...
7433588 Camera control apparatus, camera control method, program and storage medium  
Traveling photographing of a camera is controlled in accordance with a plurality of photographing parameters and priority orders of the plurality of photographing parameters, respective stored in a...
7428318 Method for capturing, measuring and analyzing motion  
A system and method for capturing, measuring and analyzing motion in real-time is provided which operates with or without markers. A threshold image is based on a background image and is created to...
7399127 Autonomous operation control system  
A monitoring apparatus including a loudspeaker, a photographic camera that photographs image information on a photographic subject, a proximity sensor, and a monitoring control unit is disposed at...
7394918 Image recognition method and apparatus  
An image recognition apparatus has an image capture section for capturing a range image, an image deformation section for deforming the range image captured by the image capture section, and a...
7382900 Method of determining a three-dimensional velocity field in a volume  
A method of determining a three-dimensional velocity field in a volume having particles, the particles within the volume being excited to radiate by illuminating the volume, including two or more...
7382249 Security motion sensor and video recording system  
A combined alarm and surveillance system integrates an existing alarm system ( 12 ) with an existing surveillance system ( 14 ) such that functions unique to each system are combined in a...
7376250 Apparatus, method and program for moving object detection  
The present invention detects a moving object by generating the distance information of the moving object, detecting the object motion, determining the object distance, detecting the object image...
7356166 Method and computer-readable medium for detecting motion and filtering noise  
This invention provides a method and computer-readable medium for detecting motion and filtering noise from images. The method includes (a) dividing an incoming image into several blocks; (b)...
7342484 Exterior vehicle mirror assembly with sensors  
An exterior mirror sensor system for commercial vehicles comprising an exterior mirror, a sensor for monitoring an exterior mirror zone, and an indicator for indicating objects detected in the...
7339607 Security camera and monitor system activated by motion sensor and body heat sensor for homes or offices  
A security camera and monitor system activated by motion sensor and body heat sensor for homes or offices that utilizes home VCR, or other household A/V recordation equipment, as a recording means...
7340078 Multi-sensing devices cooperative recognition system  
Disclosed here is an information processing system capable of recognizing actions and circumstances of a user with respect to both space and time as a “situation” to recognize the user's...
7333129 Fire detection system  
A fire detection system for an enclosed area comprises: at least one infrared (IR) imager for generating infrared images of at least a portion of the enclosed area, for determining from the images...
7308113 Method of detecting and measuring a moving object and apparatus therefor, and a recording medium for recording a program for detecting and measuring a moving object  
There are provided a plurality of units for detecting a moving object in an image from changes of an image structure in a monitor area defined in a linear strip on a single straight line consisting...
7308147 Image processing apparatus, image recording apparatus, image reproducing apparatus, camera system, computer program, and storage medium  
An image processing apparatus includes an image compression device which performs a discrete wavelet transform of pixel values for each rectangular portion to produce wavelet coefficients, and...
7248286 Apparatus and method for controlling a camera using a video compression algorithm  
A method for controlling a camera using an image compression algorithm. A motion region and a motionless region are determined with respect to an input image based on a motion vector of a macro...
7245315 Distinguishing between fire and non-fire conditions using cameras  
Detecting fire and non-fire conditions includes receiving a plurality of frames of video information, determining an energy indicator for each of a subset of the plurality of frames, detecting a...
7239720 Optical monitoring apparatus with image-based distance accommodation  
An optical monitoring system is capable of automatically identifying whether a moving body is a monitored subject based upon information in an optical (i.e., video) image. A moving body detection...
7236176 Surveillance management system  
A system is provided for collecting surveillance data from one or more sensor units and incorporating the surveillance data into a surveillance database. The system is configured to retrieve...
7208720 Intrusion detection system  
An intrusion detection system comprises a pair of optical lenses arranged a predetermined distance apart and having overlapping fields of view within an area to be monitored to form a common field...
7203337 Adjusted filters  
A method in image processing for detection of a change in the scene in an area. The method comprises the steps of recording a digital image of the area using a sensor and transforming the recorded...
7177445 Discriminating between changes in lighting and movement of objects in a series of images using different methods depending on optically detectable surface characteristics  
In a motion detection system, filters are applied to a series of digital images in order to determine whether changes in the properties of pixels between the current image and a reference model are...
7177448 System and method for selecting and transmitting images of interest to a user  
A method and apparatus for providing an improved Internet camera is described. The method of keeping a periodically refreshed image on a user's system comprises receiving a plurality of images, and...
7171028 Method and apparatus for covertly determining the rate of relative motion between two objects  
Apparatus and methods for covertly determining the rate of motion between a pixel-based imaging device and a target being viewed by the pixel-based imaging device. The method involves using the...
7131136 Comprehensive multi-media surveillance and response system for aircraft, operations centers, airports and other commercial transports, centers and terminals  
A data collection and distribution system for monitoring aircraft in flight, on the ground and at the gate or terminal for monitoring critical and catastrophic events, managing the emergency during...
7123745 Method and apparatus for detecting moving objects in video conferencing and other applications  
An image processing system detects a moving person or other object of interest. The system generates a thresholded difference image by processing a video signal or other type of image signal...
7124427 Method and apparatus for surveillance using an image server  
Methods and apparatus for an image server surveillance system provide for as control and coordination of cameras that may be widely deployed, analyzing data from multiple cameras, making data...
7106333 Surveillance system  
A system is provided for collecting surveillance data from one or more sensor units and incorporating the surveillance data into a surveillance database. The system is configured to retrieve...
7102666 System and method for stabilizing rotational images  
A method and a system of generating an image sequence of an object within a scene. According to one embodiment, the method includes capturing an image (images I 1-N ) of the object with a plurality...
7099391 Image capturing device  
An image capturing device for capturing an image by an imaging device comprises first compression means for compressing and coding a captured image as a moving image, extracting means for...
7092006 Internet surveillance system and method  
A system and method are disclosed for a central server to manage remote monitoring tasks performed by users of a data network. An exemplary method comprises: receiving a request from a user of a...
7076085 Method and apparatus for hosting a network camera including a heartbeat mechanism  
A method and apparatus for providing an improved Internet camera is described. The method comprises capturing an image and determining if the image has changed. If the image has changed, sending...
7050606 Tracking and gesture recognition system particularly suited to vehicular control applications  
A system and method tracks the movements of a driver or passenger in a vehicle (ground, water, air, or other) and controls devices in accordance with position, motion, and/or body or hand gestures...
7042355 Environmental cameras  
An image capture detection system including a short range radio transmitter ( 13 ) and a short range radio receiver and decoder ( 12 ) installed in or on an image capture device ( 10 ). The system...
7043058 Correcting motion vector maps for image processing  
Visibie artifacts in images created using image processing based on motion vector maps may be reduced by providing one or more mechanisms for correcting the vector map. In general, the set of...
7039219 System and method providing improved head motion estimations for animation  
Systems and methods to estimate head motion between two images of a face are described. In one aspect, locations of a plurality of distinct facial features in the two images are identified. The...
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