Adaptive multi-modal integrated biometric identification and surveillance systems

A surveillance system comprising:

• multiple data gathering agents disposed throughout a surveillance region to monitor the surveillance region, the data gathering agents to provide corresponding signatures identifying aspects of a subject person in the surveillance region, the signatures including one or both of biometric information or temporal information;
• a database storing a map of a layout for the surveillance region;
• a processing system programmed to aggregate the signatures associated with the subject person to produce a subject dossier including one or both of biometric information or temporal information corresponding to the subject person, the processing system programmed to correlate the data gathering agents, the subject dossier and the map;
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• a control terminal to display the map of the layout for at least a portion of the surveillance region and produce indicia on the map tracking a path followed by the subject person within the surveillance region, the indicia based on the signatures in the subject dossier and the data gathering agents.