Patent ID: 8885047
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06K,G06Q,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method operable on a computer that is coupled to a memory containing video data of a plurality of prescribed physical areas, the method responsive to the movement of objects in the plurality of prescribed physical areas, the method comprising: identifying objects in each of the plurality of prescribed physical areas by querying a user-selected portion of the video data, wherein the objects that are identified are moving in a user-selected portion of each of the plurality of prescribed physical areas, and wherein the user-selected video data is video metadata representing movement of at least one object in the user-selected portions of the plurality of prescribed physical areas, and that video metadata is derived from raw video data with a metadata conversion module; counting a respective number of the objects in the user-selected portions of each of the prescribed physical areas; and generating a visually perceptible output which compares the respective number of objects such that a movement path of each of the respective number of objects is superimposed on an image of each of the plurality of prescribed physical areas.