Privacy Supporting Computer Vision Systems, Methods, Apparatuses and Associated Computer Executable Code

A video surveillance apparatus comprising:

• a video sensor configured to capture a video stream of an area;
• a video stream pre-processor, comprising processing circuitry configured to extract from the video stream a sanitized data stream, by modifying the video stream to remove or modify image data from the video stream private to one or more individuals, wherein the sanitized video stream contains parameters of the video stream sufficient to identify one or more pre-defined event types occurring within the area and captured by the video sensor;
• and
• first communication circuitry adapted to transmit the sanitized data stream;

A video surveillance apparatus comprising:

• a video sensor residing within a housing and configured to capture a video stream of an area;
• a video stream processor, residing within the housing and comprising processing circuitry configured to identify a pre-defined event type occurring within the area and captured by the video sensor;
• and
• first communication circuitry, residing within the housing and adapted to transmit a signal indicative of the occurrence of the event type, upon an identification by the video stream processor of a pre-defined event type occurrence within the area;
• wherein said apparatus is configured to discard the video stream after processing by said video stream processor.