METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SCALABLE MULTI-CAMERA DISTRIBUTED VIDEO PROCESSING AND VISUALIZATION SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

摘要

A scalable architecture for providing real-time multi-camera distributed vid eo processing and visualization. An exemplary system comprises at least one vid eo capture and storage system (140) for capturing and storing a plurality of alarm situations or events, and at least one video rendering system for displaying an alarm situation in a context that speeds up comprehension and response. One advantage of the present architecture is that these systems ar e scalable, such that additional sensors (e.g. cameras, motion sensors, infrar ed sensors, chemical sensors, biological sensors, temperature sensors and the like) can be added in large numbers without overhelming the ability of security forces to comprehend the alarm situation.