Patent ID: 8130774

Claim:
An object tracking method using a system having an object identifying device and at least two video tracking devices, wherein the object identifying device monitors an area to identify an object entering the area and the video tracking device wired/wirelessly connected to the object identifying device monitors the area monitored by the object identifying device, the method comprising: generating, at the object identifying device, object identification information from the object; identifying, at the object identifying device and at one of the video tracking devices, an object entering an area monitored by the one of the at least two video tracking devices; providing, by the object identifying device, the object identification information to the one video tracking device; tracking, at the one video tracking device, the object to extract physical information of the object; mapping, at the one video tracking device, the physical information to the object identification information to generate object information of the object; and storing, at the one video tracking device, the object information in a memory of the one video tracking device; and when the object enters an area monitored by a second, adjacent video tracking device, providing, by the one video tracking device, the stored object information to the adjacent video tracking device, wherein the one video tracking device and the adjacent video tracking device are sequentially aligned to monitor adjacent, partially overlapping areas.