Patent ID: 9648283
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A system for sensing and video capture, the system comprising: a plurality of cameras distributed about a facility, each of the plurality of cameras comprising an optical sensor capable of capturing video image data, at least one auxiliary sensor capable of capturing non-image data, and a processor that acquires and transmits the video image data from the optical sensor and acquires and transmits the auxiliary sensor data from the auxiliary sensor; a data connection connected to the processor of each of the plurality of cameras for the transmission of data from the processor; and a centralized computer located at a different location from each of the plurality of cameras that receives the video imaging data and auxiliary sensor data from the processor of each of the plurality of cameras across the data connection and processes the video data and auxiliary sensor data, wherein the video image data is acquired from the optical sensor and transmitted at a first sampling rate and the auxiliary data is acquired from the auxiliary sensor and transmitted at a second sampling rate wherein the first sampling rate is greater than the second sampling rate, such that the processor acquires samples more frequently from the optical sensor than from the auxiliary sensor.