System, method and computer program product for adaptive video processing

A method for processing video data, the method comprising:

• identifying an object in a frame of video data;
• determining an object confidence value associated with the identified object;
• determining if the object confidence value meets a predefined threshold object confidence value, wherein when the object confidence value does not meet the predefined threshold object confidence value, the method further comprises repeatedly:
• processing the frame of video data;
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• identifying the object, determining an updated object confidence value associated with the object, and determining if the updated object confidence value meets the predefined threshold object confidence value until the updated object confidence value meets the predefined threshold object confidence value;
• and thereafter,
• identifying an event based upon the identified object and an object primitive defining a relationship between the identified object and one or more other objects in the frame of video data, wherein the event is capable of being identified as a change in the relationship between the identified object and the other objects over a period of time, and wherein the event is capable of being identified in accordance with a hierarchical event structure.

A computer program product for adaptive video processing, wherein the computer program product comprises at least one computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:

• a first executable portion for identifying an object in a frame of video data;
• a second executable portion for determining an object confidence value associated with the identified object;
• a third executable portion for determining if the object confidence value meets a predefined threshold object confidence value;
• a fourth executable portion for repeatedly processing the frame of video data when the object confidence value does not meet the predefined threshold object confidence value, wherein the fourth executable portion is adapted to output the processed frame of video data such that the first, second and third executable portions are adapted to repeatedly identify the object, determine an updated object confidence value associated with the object, and determine if the updated object confidence value meets the predefined threshold object confidence value until the updated object confidence value meets the predefined threshold object confidence value;
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• a fifth executable portion for identifying an event based upon the identified object and an object primitive defining a relationship between the identified object and one or more other objects in the frame of video data, wherein the event is capable of being identified as a change in the relationship between the identified object and the other objects over a period of time, and wherein the event is capable of being identified in accordance with a hierarchical event structure.