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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 08, 2011

Filed:

Sep. 26, 2005
Applicants:

Weihong Yin, Herndon, VA (US);

LI Yu, Herndon, VA (US);

Zhong Zhang, Herndon, VA (US);

Andrew J. Chosak, Arlington, VA (US);

Niels Haering, Reston, VA (US);

Alan J. Lipton, Herndon, VA (US);

Paul C. Brewer, Arlington, VA (US);

Peter L. Venetianer, McLean, VA (US);

Inventors:

Weihong Yin, Herndon, VA (US);

Li Yu, Herndon, VA (US);

Zhong Zhang, Herndon, VA (US);

Andrew J. Chosak, Arlington, VA (US);

Niels Haering, Reston, VA (US);

Alan J. Lipton, Herndon, VA (US);

Paul C. Brewer, Arlington, VA (US);

Peter L. Venetianer, McLean, VA (US);

Assignee:

ObjectVideo, Inc., Reston, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/30 (2006.01); H04N 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method of operating a video surveillance system is provided. The video surveillance system including at least two sensing units. A first sensing unit having a substantially 360 degree field of view is used to detect an event of interest. Location information regarding a target is sent from the first sensing unit to at least one second sensing unit when an event of interest is detected by the first sensing unit.


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