System and method for automatic camera hand-off using location measurements
AssigneeVerint Systems Ltd.
InventorGideon Hazzani
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Abstract
Systems and methods for receiving video images from a plurality of video cameras having respective fields of view that cover a geographical region. At a first time, first video images of an object may be output, where the images are captured by a first video camera selected from the plurality of video cameras. Location indications may be received, which specify a geographical location of the object in the geographical region and which are determined independently of the video images. At a second time subsequent to the first time, a second video camera from the plurality may be selected based on the location indications. The output may be switched to the second video images of the object, which are captured by the selected second video camera.
Claims18
A method, comprising:
- receiving video images from a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera in a video surveillance system, the video images of a geographic region including an individual;
- probing signaling information associated with a wireless communication terminal possessed by the individual;
- extracting the individual's location in the geographic area from the monitored signaling information;
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- adjusting, automatically, the field-of-view of the PTZ camera based on the extracted individual's location to better view the individual.
A video surveillance system, comprising:
- a location tracking subsystem receiving signaling information associated with a wireless communication terminal possessed by an individual and extracting the individual's location in a geographic area from the monitored signaling information;
- a PTZ camera having an adjustable field-of-view capable of capturing video of the geographic location;
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- a network video server communicatively coupled to the location tracking subsystem and the PTZ camera, wherein the network video server adjusts the PTZ camera's field-of-view based on the extracted individual's location to better view the individual.
A non-transitory tangible computer readable medium containing computer readable instructions that when executed by a processor of a computer cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
- receiving video images from a pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) camera in a video surveillance system, the video images including an individual moving through a geographic region;
- probing signaling information associated with a wireless communication terminal possessed by the individual;
- extracting the individual's location in the geographic area from the monitored signaling information;
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- adjusting, automatically, the field-of-view of the PTZ camera based on the extracted individual's location to better view the individual.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.