摘要:
An apparatus for detecting smoke in a monitored area includes: (a) a means for capturing a series of successive video images of the monitored area as a series of two-dimensional bitmaps having a specified number of pixels, (b) a means for examining this series of bitmaps to identify areas in successive bitmaps of adjacent pixels that have the potential for being used as indicators for the existence of smoke in the monitored area, (c) a means for storing these identified areas from the bitmaps, (d) a means for associating, on the basis of the likelihood of the existence of smoke in the monitored area, the identified areas from successive bitmaps so as to form a cluster of overlapping regions within those bitmaps, and (d) a means for analyzing the identified areas so as to identify the temporal changes in these areas which are indicative of the presence of smoke.
摘要:
The disclosure is directed to techniques for automatic segmentation of a region-of-interest (ROI) video object from a video sequence. ROI object segmentation enables selected ROI or “foreground” objects of a video sequence that may be of interest to a viewer to be extracted from non-ROI or “background” areas of the video sequence. Examples of a ROI object are a human face or a head and shoulder area of a human body. The disclosed techniques include a hybrid technique that combines ROI feature detection, region segmentation, and background subtraction. In this way, the disclosed techniques may provide accurate foreground object generation and low-complexity extraction of the foreground object from the video sequence. A ROI object segmentation system may implement the techniques described herein. In addition, ROI object segmentation may be useful in a wide range of multimedia applications that utilize video sequences, such as video telephony applications and video surveillance applications.
摘要:
An event detection method for video surveillance systems and a related video surveillance system are described. The method comprises a learning phase, wherein learning images of a supervised area are acquired at different time instants in the absence of any detectable events, and an operating detection phase wherein current images of said area are acquired. The method detects an event by comparing a current image with an image corresponding to a linear combination of a plurality of reference images approximating, or coinciding with, respective learning images.
摘要:
The present invention relates to production of a video signal representing a sports scene involving a rapid ball movement in front of an essentially static background. A series of source images (IMG) of the scene is registered. An initial image position (p1) for the moving ball is identified automatically by, for each image (IMG) in said series, producing a difference image between the image (IMG) and an image subsequent thereto. In the difference image, all image elements representing a contents alteration below a threshold level are allocated a first value, and all image elements representing a contents alteration above or equal to the threshold level are allocated a second value. A set of ball candidates is then identified in which each candidate is represented by a group of neighboring image elements that all contain the second value. The group must also fulfil a ball size criterion. The initial image position (p1) is selected from the set of ball candidates based on a ball selection algorithm. Thereafter, the ball is tracked, and a composite image sequence is generated wherein a synthetic trace (ΠB) representing the path of the moving ball is shown as successively added image data (p1, p2, p3, p4).
摘要:
A system for tracking objects across an area having a network of cameras with overlapping and non-overlapping fields of view. The system may use a combination of color, shape, texture and/or multi-resolution histograms for object representation or target modeling for the tacking of an object from one camera to another. The system may include user and output interfacing.
摘要:
A detection system (10) utilising projected light (18, 20) viewed through an appropriately placed camera (22) detects variations in surface height (26). The system (10) is arranged to project light onto the surface (16) of interest. A camera with optical axis (24) oriented parallel to and offset from the direction of light projection is used to image the intersection (50, 66) of the projected light (18, 20) with the surface (16). The system (10) observes deflections (64) of this imaged intersection (66) and associates them with the movement of an object (26, 124) through the projected light. The object can range from a surface irregularity (124) to a person (26) walking along a corridor.
摘要:
In a digital video surveillance system, a number of processing stages are employed to identify foreground regions representing moving objects in a video sequence. An object tracking stage (5) is also provided in order to identify a correspondence between candidate objects in a current frame and those that have already been identified in one or more previous frames. In this way, it is possible to calculate the path taken by the or each foreground object and to record this path information in a trajectory database. In order to improve tracking performance, the object tracking stage (5) employs a state transitional object management scheme which determines whether or not a particular object is tracked. The path information generated by the object tracking stage (5) can be displayed on a video monitor (15) of the surveillance system and/or made available to high level applications (7).
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to make it possible to adjust the amount of motion blur contained in a blurred image. A unit-of-processing determining portion 901 determines the unit of processing which is formed of pixel data located on a straight line. An equation generator 903 generates simultaneous equations consisting of a plurality of relational expressions based on the unit of processing. A calculator 904 generates foreground object components in which the amount of motion blur is adjusted by solving the simultaneous equations. The present invention can be applied to an image processing apparatus in which a difference between a signal detected by a sensor and the real world is taken into consideration.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for the analysis of a sequence of captured images covering a scene for detecting and tracking of moving and static objects (86) and for matching (88) the patterns of object behavior in the captured images to object behavior in predetermined scenarios.