Patent ID: 8334906
Filing Date: 2012-12-18
Classification: G08B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A sensing device, comprising: a video imager to obtain a video comprising a stream of video images within a field of view of the video imager; a processing unit having a processor to receive and process the stream of video images of said video from the video imager to count a number of at least one of humans or objects in the field of view of the video imager based solely on the video, wherein said process comprises: segmenting said at least one of humans or objects represented in at least one of said stream of video images, and tracking a movement of said at least one of humans or objects over said stream of video images; and a communication channel to output non-imagery signals based on the video and not to output images or video from the video imager, at least one of the non-imagery signals representing the counted number of said at least one of humans or objects in the field of view.