Video-surveillance method, corresponding system, and computer program product
US10075680B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 2014 |
| Grant date | Sep 11, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 29, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B13/19695
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An embodiment of a video-surveillance method comprising: activating a video camera for acquiring, for a surveillance system comprising the aforesaid video camera, a digital video sequence of images of a scene to be surveyed, detecting given events and transmitting to a remote center images of the aforesaid digital video sequence of images acquired according to the result of the aforesaid operation of event detection. An embodiment includes: executing an operation of extraction of key frames on the aforesaid digital video sequence of images for composing a visual storyboard, detecting given events on the basis of data supplied by one or more event sensors for generating an event signal, controlling operating states assumed by the aforesaid key-frame-extraction operation as a function of the values assumed by the aforesaid event signal, and transmitting the aforesaid visual storyboard to the aforesaid remote center.
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