Patent ID: 8872922
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method operable on a computer that is coupled to a memory containing video data of a prescribed physical area, the method responsive to the movement of objects in the prescribed physical area, the method comprising: identifying objects in the prescribed physical area by querying video data, wherein the objects that are identified are moving in the prescribed physical area; determining a number of objects that remain in the prescribed physical area for a first predetermined time period; generating a visually perceptible output of the number of objects for the first predetermined time period; determining a respective number of objects that remain in the prescribed physical area for each of a plurality of predetermined periods of time; generating a visually perceptible output of each of respective number of objects; generating a still image of the prescribed physical area; and superimposing representations of at least two of the respective number of objects over the still image, wherein the at least two respective number of objects correspond, respectively, to at least two of the plurality of predetermined periods of time, and wherein the act of superimposing the representation of the at least two of the respective number of objects over the still image further comprises: generating a contour map, the contour map containing different sections for the at least two of the plurality of predetermined periods of time; and visually displaying a representation of at least two of the respective number of objects in the contour map.