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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard C. Waters, Concord, MA (US);
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 ;
Abstract
A situation awareness system includes a plurality of cameras. Each camera acquires a sequence of images of a particular part of an area of interest. There is overlap between the parts so that the system can obtain depth information about objects in the area of interest. An analyzer identifies moving objects in the areas of interest, attributes of the moving objects, and events related to the moving objects. A display device displays the attributed objects and events as annotated graphic elements and alerts.