Patent ID: 8284254
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: G08B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A security method comprising: operating a first camera device including a first lens, a first imager device, and a first processor to generate digital images of a first region; operating the first camera device to perform, within said first camera device, a target detection operation on at least one image detected by said first camera device; and operating the first camera device to transmit a first target signal relating to a detected target to a second camera device when said target detection analysis determines the presence of a target in an image detected by said first camera device, said first target signal providing target location information to the second camera device without said target location information traversing a centralized control system (CCS), said second camera device including a second lens, a second imager device and a second processor; operating the second camera device to monitor a portion of said first region in which the first camera device detected a target following generation of the first target detection signal by the first camera device; operating the centralized control system to control which one of a plurality of tracking cameras is associated with the first camera for purposes of confirming detection of a target detected by the first camera, one of the plurality of tracking cameras being said second camera; wherein said first camera device is a fixed mount camera device; wherein said second camera device is a movable mount camera device including a motor for adjusting the position of the camera device; and wherein the first camera device and the second camera device are part of a security system which includes more fixed mount camera devices than movable mount camera devices.