Patent ID: 9269243
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,G08B

Claim Text:
1. A forensic video search User Interface (UI) method with query processing for a facility having video camera surveillance, the method comprising: generating a display partitioned into “when”, “where” and “who” panels; in the “when” panel, entering a point in time and/or a timeline; in the “where” panel, selecting an area or a floor of the facility bringing into view a map or a floor plan wherein the map or the floor plan includes one or more camera icons showing a Field Of View (FOV) representing actual video camera surveillance locations on the selected facility area or floor; based on the entered time and/or timeline and the selected facility area or floor, generating a time based query to discover events and objects involving human and non-human objects that occurred comprising: overlaying levels of transparency of the FOV of the one or more camera icons to indicate numbers of events observed by each represented actual video camera surveillance location during the time entered in the “when” panel.