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US 2008/0303901 A1Published application
Tracking an object
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsGirish S. Variyath, Karthikeyan Ganesan, Vikram Jayaraman
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method of tracking an object carrying a wireless location device comprises recording and storing images from a plurality of cameras corresponding to respective coverage areas having predetermined locations, determining location information associated with the wireless location device, the location information corresponding to one or more of said coverage areas, and determining which of the images correspond to the location information, and retrieving said images.
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A method comprising:
- recording and storing images from a plurality of cameras corresponding to respective coverage areas having predetermined locations;
- determining location information associated with a wireless location device carried by an object, the location information corresponding to one or more of said coverage areas;
- determining which of the images correspond to the location information, and retrieving said images in order to track said object.
A system comprising:
- a plurality of cameras arranged to record images from respective coverage areas having predetermined locations;
- an image server coupled to the cameras and arranged to store the images recorded by the cameras;
- a location server arranged to determine and store location information associated with a wireless location device carried by an object, the location information corresponding to one or more of said coverage areas;
- a tracking server arranged to determine which of the images from the image server correspond to the location information, and to retrieve said images in order to track said object.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a surveillance request comprising a surveillance time window;
- determining location information associated with an object over said surveillance time window, the location information corresponding to two or more coverage areas having predetermined locations;
- retrieving images of the two or more coverage areas which correspond to the location information over the surveillance time window;
- displaying the images.
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A tracking server comprising:
- a processor and a user interface;
- the user interface arranged to receive a surveillance request comprising a surveillance time window and to forward images of an object;
- the processor arranged to determine location information associated with the object over the surveillance time window, the location information corresponding to two or more coverage areas having predetermined locations;
- and to retrieve the images of the object which correspond to the two or more coverage areas over the surveillance time window.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.