IMAGING SYSTEM FOR IMMERSIVE SURVEILLANCE

摘要

Security guards at big facilities, such as airports, monitor multiple screens that display images from individual surveillance cameras dispersed throughout the facility. If a guard zooms with a particular camera, he will lose image resolution, along with perspective on the surrounding area. Embodiments of the inventive Imaging System for Immersive Surveillance (ISIS) solve these problems by combining multiple cameras in one device. When properly mounted, example ISIS systems offer 360-degree, 100-megapixel views on a single screen. (Other resolutions may also be employed.) Image-stitching software merges multiple video feeds into one scene. The system also allows operators to tag and follow targets, and can monitor restricted areas and sound an alert when intruders breach them.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a first array of cameras, each of which has a first focal length and is disposed to image a respective portion of a wide area scene, the first array of cameras providing a first spatially continuous view of the wide area scene; and a second array of cameras operably coupled to the first array of cameras, each of which has a second focal length different from the first focal length and is disposed to image a respective portion of the wide area scene, the second array of cameras providing a second spatially continuous view of the wide area scene, wherein at least a portion of the first spatially continuous view of the wide area scene overlaps with the second spatially continuous view of the wide area scene.