METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANALYZING ACTIVITY IN A SPACE

摘要

The present invention provides a system and a method for analyzing activity of people in a area of interest of people in a space. Continuous raw video imagery is received from one or more sensors placed in a pre-defined regions of the space. This imagery' is analyzed to determine basic characteristics of the behavior and/or activity of people in its field-of-view, such as position. movement, etc. Useful data and metrics can be computed based on the results of imagery analysis. The data analysis results can be provided as a response to user's request or as a running report. Data analysis can optionally combine imagery analysis results with secondary information.