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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 27, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 14, 1997
Jennifer L. Randall, Lancaster, PA (US);
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A security system with a Pan/Tilt/Zoom Camera and maskable motion detection is disclosed. At selected fields of view of the P/T/Z camera, masks are created to mask, from motion detection, select sub-areas within the selected field of view. The mask created for the selected view may be saved in memory. The saved mask may be recalled and reapplied to the motion detector whenever the P/T/Z camera is repositioned to the field of view corresponding to the saved mask. The commands required to reposition the camera to each selected field of view may also be saved. The mask and repositioning commands can be associated with each other, so that selecting a target view corresponds to selecting the commands to position the camera to that view, as well as the mask to be applied for this view.