INTELLIGENT HIGH RESOLUTION VIDEO SYSTEM

摘要

An automated electronic video surveillance system (50) enables a high-resolution mega-pixel camera (52) to capture high quality, detailed, magnified images (76, 78) at multiple locations, simultaneously with an overview of the whole scene (70). A preferred embodiment requiring no moving parts provides full 360 degree continuous viewing (72) with up to 5x all-digital zoom capability. The system performs continuous surveillance and active resolution allocation in the form of a feedback control subsystem (80,82) that dynamically allocates resources so that important details within a scene receive appropriate scrutiny, while uninteresting areas are imaged at a lower resolution.