Method and apparatus for providing immersive surveillance

US7522186B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• L-3 COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION · US

Inventors

• Aydin Arpa · Plainsboro, US
• Keith J. Hanna · Princeton, US
• Rakesh Kumar · Bengaluru, IN
• Supun Samarasekera · Princeton, US
• Harpreet Singh Sawhney · Plainsboro, US
• Manoj Aggarwal · Lawrenceville, US
• David Nister · Bellevue, US
• Stephen Charles Hsu · Redwood City, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 24, 2002
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2009
• Expiry date: Mar 28, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30241
• WIPO field: Audio-visual technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus for providing immersive surveillance wherein a remote security guard may monitor a scene using a variety of imagery sources that are rendered upon a model to provide a three-dimensional conceptual view of the scene. Using a view selector, the security guard may dynamically select a camera view to be displayed on his conceptual model, perform a walk through of the scene, identify moving objects and select the best view of those moving objects and so on.