The University of Texas System

Benjamin Factor

Abhijit Majumdar

Berat Alper Erol

Divya Bhaskaran

Mohammad Jamshidi

Patrick Benavidez

Arman Rezakhani

The present disclosure describes various embodiments of surveillance systems and methods. In one such embodiment, an exemplary surveillance system includes at least one video camera configured to capture video data of a surveilled area; and a computing device that stores a surveillance program. An exemplary surveillance program includes computer-executable instructions configured to: analyze the video data captured by the at least one video camera; identify objects that enter the surveilled area and log a time at which the objects entered the surveilled area; determine an object type for each object; track the identified objects to determine a period of time the objects have been present within the surveilled area; and generate and transmit an alert for each identified object that has been present within the surveilled area for a period of time that exceeds a predetermined time threshold.

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Benjamin Factor