Patent ID: 9041798
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G01S,G06K,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An automated method for cueing a video camera to an object at an indicated range comprising: (a) detecting the object by a wide-area surveillance asset and generating an estimate of position of the object; (b) cueing the video camera to the object's estimated position by setting the video camera to a widest field of view consistent with detecting the object at the indicated range; (c) re-detecting the object by the wide-area surveillance asset and generating an updated estimate of position of the object; (d) re-cueing the video camera to the object's updated estimated position by setting the video camera to the widest field of view consistent with detecting the object at the indicated range; (e) detecting the object and generating an updated position and velocity estimate of the object using the video camera and a video analytics algorithm while holding video camera settings constant; (f) re-cueing the video camera to the object's updated position from step (e) selecting a narrower field of view consistent with classifying the object including aiming the video camera based on the velocity estimate obtained from step (e) such that the field of view of the video camera is biased in the direction of motion of the object; and (g) classifying the object and generating an updated position and velocity estimate of the object using the video camera and the video analytics algorithm while holding the video camera settings constant.