Smart network camera system-on-a-chip

A non-transitory machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having at least one code section for processing video data, the at least one code section being executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform steps comprising:

• detecting, within a single chip in a programmable surveillance video camera, one or more moving objects in a raw video signal generated by said programmable surveillance video camera;
• extracting, within said single chip in said programmable surveillance video camera, one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects, wherein said extraction is based on said raw video signal;
• generating, within said single chip in said programmable surveillance video camera, one or more textual representations of at least one of said one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects;
• compressing said raw video data in at least one compressed video file;
• and
• embedding at least one of said characteristics of said detected one or more objects into a header of said compressed video file.

A system for processing video data, the system comprising:

• one or more processors within a single chip in a programmable surveillance video camera, said one or more processors enable detecting one or more moving objects in a raw video signal generated by said programmable surveillance video camera;
• said one or more processors enable extracting, within said single chip, one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects, wherein said extraction is based on said raw video signal;
• said one or more processors enable generating, within said single chip in said programmable surveillance video camera, one or more textual representations of at least one of said one or more characteristics of said detected one or more objects;
• said one or more processors enable compressing said raw video data in at least one compressed video file;
• and
• said one or more processors enable embedding at least one of said characteristics of said detected one or more objects into a header of said compressed video file.