Real-time adaptive weather surveillance system and method

摘要

A weather surveillance system includes a data ingest module for receiving weather forecasts of a region, and multiple cameras for viewing targets of interest and providing imagery of the targets of interest, wherein the targets of interest are located within the region. The data ingest module also receives the imagery from the multiple cameras. The system also includes an analytics module for selecting at least one of the multiple cameras; a data fusion module for combining the received weather forecasts of the region with received imagery of the selected camera; and an output module which provides fused data to a user for verifying the weather forecast in the target of interest. The output module includes a web-based service module for collecting, storing and disseminating the fused data to the user.

主权项

1. A weather surveillance system comprising:
a data ingest module for receiving weather forecasts of a region, multiple cameras for viewing targets of interest and providing to the data ingest module imagery of a subset area within the weather forecast region, a camera selection analytics module coupled to the data ingest module for selecting at least one of the multiple cameras, a data fusion module coupled to the data ingest module for combining the received weather forecasts of the region with received imagery of the selected camera, and an output module providing combined data for output to verify the weather forecast in a target of interest, wherein the system is configured to:
receive, by the data incest module, the weather forecast of a region predicting a weather event in the region from a weather service Provider;receive a request for confirmation of the predicted weather event in the weather forecast region;in response to the received request, select a camera within the weather forecast data region;receive, by the data ingest module, imagery of a subset area of the weather forecast region from the selected camera;identify an occurrence of the predicted weather event by analysis of an image in the received imagery;combine, by the data fusion module, the weather forecast data and the imagery that confirms the occurrence of the predicted weather event for visualization; andprovide to the output module the combined weather data and imagery confirming an occurrence of the predicted weather event for output on a visualization platform.