Patent ID: 8355532
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: G06K,G06T

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating a representation of a scene which includes a plurality of objects disposed on a plane to one or more client devices, the representation being generated from one or more video images of a scene captured by a video camera, the system comprising an image processing apparatus operable to receive the video images of the scene which includes a view of the objects on the plane, received from the video camera, to process the captured video images so as to extract one or more image features from each object, to compare the one or more image features with sample image features from a predetermined set of possible example objects which the video images may contain, to identify the objects from the comparison of the image features with the predetermined image features of the possible example objects, to generate object path data for each object which identifies the respective object; and provides a position of the identified object on a three dimensional model of the plane in the video images with respect to time; to calculate a projection matrix for projecting the position of each of the objects according to the object path data from the plane in the video images into the three dimensional model of the plane, and a distribution server operable to receive the object path data and the projection matrix generated by the image processing apparatus for distribution of the object path data and the projection matrix to one or more client devices.