US 2018/0007264 A1 · IMAGING SYSTEM FOR IMMERSIVE SURVEILLANCE

Abstract

Security guards at big facilities, such as airports, monitor multiple screens that display images from individual surveillance cameras dispersed throughout the facility. If a guard zooms with a particular camera, he will lose image resolution, along with perspective on the surrounding area. Embodiments of the inventive Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance (ISIS) solve these problems by combining multiple cameras in one device. When properly mounted, example ISIS systems offer 360-degree, 100-megapixel views on a single screen. (Other resolutions may also be employed.) Image-stitching software merges multiple video feeds into one scene. The system also allows operators to tag and follow targets, and can monitor restricted areas and sound an alert when intruders breach them.

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Dependent claims

An interface for a surveillance system that monitors a scene, the interface comprising:

a display to render:
a full-scene view of a panoramic image of the scene monitored by the surveillance system;
and
a zoom view of a close-up of a region of the panoramic view;
and
a user input device configured to enable at least one user to set at least one zone in the panoramic image to be monitored for activity, the activity causing population of an activity database,
wherein the display is configured to show an indication of detected activity in the at least one zone set by the at least one user.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/655,216Filed 20 Jul 2017

Priority

16 Dec 2010

Published

4 Jan 2018

Term ends

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Classification9 codes

H04N 23/698
Control of cameras or camera modules: for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
G08B 13/19602
Using television cameras: image analysis to detect motion of the intruder, e.g. by frame subtraction
G08B 13/19619
Surveillance camera constructional details: details of casing
G08B 13/19626
Surveillance camera constructional details: optical details, e.g. lenses, mirrors or multiple lenses

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Imaging system for immersive surveillance

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Imaging system for immersive surveillance

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Abstract

Claims15