Video search and playback interface for vehicle monitor

摘要

A method and apparatus are provided, wherein the apparatus includes a plurality of video recordings in a database containing images of vehicles traveling within a predetermined geographic area and a list of license plates attached to each of those vehicles, a display that depicts a map of the geographic area, an input that receives an identifier of a license plate of a vehicle and a time period, and a processor that searches the plurality of video recordings for the license plate, returns a list of cameras capturing images of the identified license plate, sorts the returned list by time of capture, and displays a motion path of the vehicle on the map for the time period based upon the returned list. The method and apparatus may also include a uniform interface where the end-user can click the camera mark on the vehicle motion path to playback historic video recorded by this camera individually or click the whole motion path to playback a merged video which combines all recorded video from returned cameras into one display using only one window for the display of the merged video.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
providing a database, the database containing map and road information in a monitored area, location information for a plurality of cameras, a plurality of video clips of the monitored area recorded by each of the plurality of cameras, and a list of automobile license plate numbers including a location and time of capture of each license plate detected within the plurality of video clips; a user input of a computer system receiving a specified license plate number of an automobile and an identifier of a specified time period; a processor of the computer system searching the database for all cameras in the plurality of cameras that captured the specified license plate number in the specified time period and returning a list of cameras; the processor of the computer system sorting the returned list of cameras by time of detection of the specified license plate number and drawing a motion path associated with the specified license plate number directly on a map based upon the location information for a respective returned camera on the returned list; the processor of the computer system showing a mark of each returned camera on the returned list on the map; and one of the user input of the computer system detecting a user clicking on the mark identifying the respective returned camera shown on the map and, in response, the processor of the computer system playing a recorded video file of the identified respective returned camera showing the automobile during the specified time period and the user input of the computer system detecting the user clicking directly on the motion path and, in response, the processor of the computer system merging and playing recorded video of the automobile recorded by each returned camera on the returned list during the specified time period.