Generating Cohorts Based on Attributes of Objects Identified Using Video Input

A computer program product for generating video cohort data, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
• computer usable program code configured to process digital video data, by a video analysis engine, to identify a set of size and shape based attributes associated with the set of objects, wherein the digital video data comprises metadata describing the set of objects, and wherein a size and shape attribute comprises an attribute describing a shape associated with a portion of an object or a size measurement of the portion of the object;
• computer usable program code configured to analyze the set of size and shape based attributes using cohort criteria to form a result, wherein the cohort criteria specify attributes that are associated with members of a given cohort;
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• computer usable program code configured to generate a set of cohorts based on the result, wherein each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one size and shape based attribute in common.

An apparatus comprising:

• a bus system;
• a communications system coupled to the bus system;
• a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes computer usable program code;
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• a processing unit coupled to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the computer usable program code to process digital video data, by a video analysis engine, to identify a set of size and shape based attributes associated with the set of objects, wherein the digital video data comprises metadata describing the set of objects, and wherein a size and shape attribute comprises an attribute describing a shape associated with a portion of an object or a size measurement of the portion of the object;
• analyze the set of size and shape based attributes using cohort criteria to form a result, wherein the cohort criteria specify attributes that are associated with members of a given cohort;
• and generate a set of cohorts based on the result, wherein each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one size and shape based attribute in common.

A video cohort generation system comprising:

• a set of cameras, wherein the set of cameras captures a set of images of a plurality of objects;
• a digital video analysis engine, wherein the digital video analysis engine processes digital video data, by a video analysis engine, to identify a set of size and shape based attributes associated with the set of objects, wherein the digital video data comprises metadata describing the set of objects, and wherein a size and shape attribute comprises an attribute describing a shape associated with a portion of an object or a size measurement of the portion of the object;
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• a cohort generation engine, wherein the cohort generation engine analyzes the set of size and shape based attributes using cohort criteria to form a result, wherein the cohort criteria specify attributes that are associated with members of a given cohort;
• and generates a set of cohorts based on the result, wherein each cohort in the set of cohorts comprises a subset of objects from the set of objects that share at least one size and shape based attribute in common.