US 12,450,909 B2
Systems and methods for tracking objects
Bryan Robert Murtagh, Milwaukee, WI (US); Ryan Cushnahan, Milwaukee, WI (US); Kieran Gray, Milwaukee, WI (US); and Jonathan Clarke, Milwaukee, WI (US)
Assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed by Tyco Fire & Security GmbH, Neuhausen am Rheinfall (CH)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/161,646.
Prior Publication US 2024/0257520 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
Int. Cl. G06V 20/52 (2022.01); G06V 10/22 (2022.01); G06V 20/40 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01)
CPC G06V 20/52 (2022.01) [G06V 10/235 (2022.01); G06V 20/41 (2022.01); G06V 20/46 (2022.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus in a video surveillance system for tracking an of-interest (OI) object, comprising:
a memory; and
a processor coupled with the memory and configured to:
receive, from a user interface, a request to track an object in a first video stream from a plurality of video streams, wherein the first video stream is captured from a first camera of a plurality of cameras installed in an environment;
extract at least one image of the object from the first video stream;
generate a unique biometric identifier of the object based on the at least one image;
monitor the plurality of video streams for the object by comparing a candidate unique biometric identifier of a candidate object in at least one of the plurality of video streams with the unique biometric identifier of the object;
detect, based on the monitoring, the object in a second video stream captured from a second camera of the plurality of cameras, wherein the user interface is configured to simultaneously output a subset of the plurality of video streams, the subset comprising the first video stream and the second video stream, wherein a first display area of the first video stream is larger than a second display area of the second video stream; and
increase the second display area of the second video stream to be larger than the first display area of the first video stream in response to detecting the object in the second video stream.