Patent ID: 7295106

Claim:
A method for the classification of an individual or object within a zone of a specified area with multiple surveillance devices wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving a first set of objects from a first surveillance device and a second set of objects from a second surveillance device within a predefined zone area; filtering the first and second sets of objects according to a set of predetermined characteristics to ensure that the objects in the first set are comparable to the objects in the second set of objects; comparing characteristics of the first and second sets of objects, wherein the characteristics are based upon the set of predetermined characteristics; further comparing characteristics of the objects within the first set of objects to characteristics of the objects within the second set of received objects, wherein the characteristics are based upon the set of predetermined characteristics; and determining if each object identified by the first surveillance device corresponds to an object identified by the second surveillance device; and classifying each object identified by the first surveillance device according to rather is corresponded to an object identified by the second surveillance device; wherein the second surveillance device provides a video feed of a field-of-view of the predefined zone area; the objects identified by the first surveillance device comprises at least one of an active identification device or a passive identification device, wherein each first surveillance device comprises an associated profile.