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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2006
Gordon T. Haupt, San Francisco, CA (US);
J. Andrew Freeman, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen D. Fleischer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert P. Vallone, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen G. Russell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy B. Frederick, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gordon T. Haupt, San Francisco, CA (US);
J. Andrew Freeman, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen D. Fleischer, San Francisco, CA (US);
Robert P. Vallone, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Stephen G. Russell, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy B. Frederick, San Francisco, CA (US);
3VR Security, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
A technique is disclosed for determining a group in which to add a new image set. The new image set is captured by one or more cameras in a video surveillance system. Similarity scores are generated between the new image set and one or more image sets of a plurality of groups, wherein each group includes one or more image sets of at least one object. The new image set is added to a group based on one or more factors. Also, a technique is disclosed for determining when to close a group, wherein a closed group is one to which an image set may not be added.