Distributed sensing and video capture system and apparatus
AssigneeVerint Americas Inc.
InventorRoderick Matheson
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Abstract
Systems and apparatus for sensing and video capture include at least one camera with an optical sensor that captures video image data of a first sampling rate. An auxiliary sensor captures auxiliary data at a second sample rate. A processor is communicatively connected to the optical sensor and auxiliary sensor. The processor transmits video image data captured at the first sample rate auxiliary sensor data captured at the second sampling rate across a data connection to a centralized computer that receives the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data and operate to present the video image data and the auxiliary sensor data on a graphical display.
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A system for sensing and video capture, the system comprising:
- a camera at a facility, the camera including an optical sensor capable of capturing video image data, an auxiliary sensor capable of capturing non-image data, and a processor that acquires and transmits the video image data from the optical sensor and acquires and transmits the auxiliary sensor data from the auxiliary sensor;
- a data connection connected to the processor of the camera for the transmission of data from the processor;
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- a centralized computer located at a different location from the camera that receives the video image data and auxiliary sensor data from the processor of the camera across the data connection and processes the video image data and auxiliary sensor data,
- wherein the video image data is acquired from the optical sensor and transmitted at a first sampling rate and the auxiliary 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.
An IP camera for a CCTV system, comprising:
- an optical sensor that captures video image data at a first sampling rate;
- an auxiliary sensor that captures auxiliary sensor data at a second sampling rate;
- a processor communicatively connected to the optical sensor and the auxiliary sensor, wherein the processor acquires and transmits the video image data captured at the first sampling rate and acquires and transmits the auxiliary sensor data captured at the second sampling rate such that the processor acquires samples more frequently from the optical sensor than from the auxiliary sensor, wherein the second sampling rate is determined based on the type of auxiliary sensor.
A system for sensing and video capture, the system comprising:
- a camera at a facility, the camera comprising:
- an optical sensor that acquires video image data;
- an auxiliary sensor acquires auxiliary data that is not image data, wherein at least one auxiliary sensor is an accelerometer that acquires auxiliary data describing the camera's alignment;
- a processor that receives and processes the video image data from the optical sensor and the acquired auxiliary data from the auxiliary sensor;
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- a power supply that provides power to the optical sensor, the auxiliary sensor, and the processor;
- a data connection connected to the camera, wherein the data connection is connected to the processor of the camera and to the power supply;
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- a centralized computer spaced apart from the camera that acquires data from the processor across the data connection, wherein the video image data is acquired at a first sampling rate and the auxiliary data is acquired at a second sampling rate, the first sampling rate greater than the second sampling rate, such that the processor acquires samples more frequently from the optical sensor than from the auxiliary sensor;
- wherein the power supply converts power from the data connection to provide power to the processor, the optical sensor, and the accelerometer,
- wherein the centralized computer processes the auxiliary data to determine the alignment of the camera and generates an alert when a camera is misaligned;
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- wherein the centralized computer processes the auxiliary data to determine the angular attitude of the camera and provides the angular attitude of the camera to image analysis software.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.