Apparatus and method for identifying objects and activities based upon at least one of shape, position or movement

A method for organizing elements of an electronic image into groups to obtain descriptive data associated with the electronic image, the method comprising:

• obtaining, via an image capture component, a wide field view of the electronic image from a first component;
• obtaining, via the image capture component, a higher resolution image of a selected portion of the wide field view of the electronic image from a second component to resolve ambiguity associated the selected portion of the wide field view of the electronic image;
• forming, via the image capture component, at least one primitive using pixels of the electronic image, wherein the at least one primitive is one of a curve primitive and a region primitive;
• and
• analyzing, via the image capture component, the at least one primitive using at least one level in a ladder of abstraction to organize elements of the electronic image into groups from which descriptive data can be obtained about at least one of objects and activities associated with the electronic image.