Method and system for optimizing the observation and annotation of complex human behavior from video sources
US8665333B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 25, 2008 |
| Grant date | Mar 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 23, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08B13/19643
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention is a method and system for optimizing the observation and annotation of complex human behavior from video sources by automatically detecting predefined events based on the behavior of people in a first video stream from a first means for capturing images in a physical space, accessing a synchronized second video stream from a second means for capturing images that are positioned to observe the people more closely using the timestamps associated with the detected events from the first video stream, and enabling an annotator to annotate each of the events with more labels using a tool. The present invention captures a plurality of input images of the persons by a plurality of means for capturing images and processes the plurality of input images in order to detect the predefined events based on the behavior in an exemplary embodiment. The processes are based on a novel usage of a plurality of computer vision technologies to analyze the human behavior from the plurality of input images. The physical space may be a retail space, and the people may be customers in the retail space.
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