Stmicroelectronics S.r.l.

Francesco Papariello

Giuseppe Desoli

Alexandro Sentinelli

An embodiment of a video-surveillance method comprising: activating a video camera for acquiring, for a surveillance system comprising the aforesaid video camera, a digital video sequence of images of a scene to be surveyed, detecting given events and transmitting to a remote center images of the aforesaid digital video sequence of images acquired according to the result of the aforesaid operation of event detection. An embodiment includes: executing an operation of extraction of key frames on the aforesaid digital video sequence of images for composing a visual storyboard, detecting given events on the basis of data supplied by one or more event sensors for generating an event signal, controlling operating states assumed by the aforesaid key-frame-extraction operation as a function of the values assumed by the aforesaid event signal, and transmitting the aforesaid visual storyboard to the aforesaid remote center.

Video-surveillance method, corresponding system, and computer program product

An embodiment of a simulation tool includes a path determiner and a simulator. The path determiner is configured to identify a first communication path between first and second devices of a system, and the simulator is configured to simulate a routing of a first item from one of the first and second devices to the other of the first and second devices via the identified path. The path determiner may also be configured to identify the communication path before the simulator simulates the routing of the item, or to identify the communication path while the simulator is inactive.

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San Fermo Della Battaglia, Italy

Francesco Papariello