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US 2019/0294890 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for surveillance
AssigneeiOmniscient Pty Ltd
InventorsRustom A. Kanga, Ivy Lai Chun Li
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Abstract
There is included a method of surveillance comprising the steps of obtaining image data of a scene, the image data including depth data providing depth information, processing the depth data to identify potential head object(s), that may represent head(s) of persons in the scene, and processing the image data to discount objects within a predetermined lateral distance of potential head objects.
Claims12
A method of surveillance comprising the steps of:
- obtaining image data of a scene, the image data including depth data providing depth information,
- processing the depth data to identify potential head object(s), that may represent head(s) of persons in the scene, and
- processing the image data to discount objects within a predetermined lateral distance of potential head objects.
An apparatus for surveillance, comprising:
- an image sensor arranged to obtain image data of a scene, the image data including depth data providing depth information, and
- a processor arranged to process the depth data to identify potential head objects that may represent heads of persons in the scene, the processor being arranged to process the image data to discount objects within a predetermined distance of potential head objects.
A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
- obtaining image data of a scene, the image data including depth data providing depth information,
- processing the depth data to identify potential head object(s), that may represent head(s) of persons in the scene, and
- processing the image data to discount objects within a predetermined lateral distance of potential head objects.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.